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was also in seven minor engagements, denominated skirmishes: Suffolk Run, Valley of Virginia; Kelly's Ford, Rappahannock river; Uniontown, eight miles south of Gettysburg; Forest Run, on the route to Gettysburg; Appomat- tox river, three miles below High Bridge, Virginia; Southside railroad, two miles beyond High Bridge.
Captain John B. Tanner, brother of Captain Charles Benjamin Tanner, was also in the civil war, being captain in command of Company H, First Regiment Delaware Volunteers, a company he raised in Wilmington, Dela- ware.
HARVEY The Harvey family is one of the oldest and most highly re- spected in this country, tracing back for several centuries, its members in the various generations having been actively and prominently identified with the development of the various communities in which they resided, and they have ever been noted for the sturdy worth and sterling characteristics which go to make up our best citizens and law-abiding and industrious men.
(I) William Harvey, the pioneer ancestor, was born 9 mo. 5, 1678, in Lyd, Worcestershire, England. He came to this country, settling in Pennsyl- vania in the year 1712, purchasing three hundred acres of land in Pennsbury township, Chester county. on the Brandywine, then known as Kennet, upon which he settled in 1715. The house he erected on this farm is yet pointed out as one of the best examples of farm architecture of that period. He was a malster by occupation. On shipboard he became acquainted with Peter Osborn and his wife, Judith, who were emigrating to America with their two children. Shortly after their arrival in Philadelphia Peter Osborn died, and on 6 mo. 12, 1714, Mr. Harvey married Judith, widow of Peter Osborn, who was born at Bilson, Staffordshire, England, 1683, died at the farm on Brandywine, 5 mo. I, 1750. William Harvey died 6 mo. 20, 1754. He was a member of the Society of Friends in England, bringing a certificate from the Friends of Wor- cester, which was received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 7 mo. 26, 1712. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey : Hannah, born 6 mo. 18, 1715, married Jacob Way; William, of whom further ; Isaac, born 9 mo. 21, 1718, died II mo. 3, 1802, married Martha Newlin and settled in the south; Amos, born IO mo. 3, 1721, married Keziah Wright : James, born 6 mo. 21, 1723, died 10 mo. 9, 1784.
(II) William (2), son of William (1) and Judith (Osborn) Harvey, was born in Pennsbury township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, 2 mo. 9, 1717, died there, 4 mo. 24, 1813, at the great and unusual age of ninety-six years. He was a farmer, and both he and his wife were members of the So- ciety of Friends. He married Ann Evitt. Children: Judith, married Francis Lamborn; William, of whom further; Amos, born 4 mo. 7, 1749, died 4 mo. 15, 1825, married Hannah Pusey ; Peter, born 10 mo. 20, 1751, died 9 mo. 13. 1824, married Jane Walter; Caleb, born 1756, died in infancy.
(III) William (3), son of William (2) and Ann (Evitt) Harvey, was born 6 mo. 3, 1744, at the home farm in Chester county, Pennsylvania. He followed the occupation of a farmer, and was one of the prosperous men of his day. He and his wife were members of the Society of Friends. He married (first) Susanna Pusey: (second) Mary Chandler. Among his children was Alban, of whom further.
(IV) Alban, son of William (3) and Mary (Chandler) Harvey, was born August 14, 1789. He married, November 22, 1810, Elizabeth, born May
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II, 1791, daughter of William and Deborah (Darlington) Brinton; she died in Dilworthtown, in 1846. Among their children was Evans, of whom further.
(V) Evans, son of Alban and Elizabeth (Brinton) Harvey, was born in Birmingham township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, 12 mo. II, 1813, there passed his entire life, and died October 8, 1871. He was educated in the public schools and at Bullock's School in Chester, Pennsylvania, and always fol- lowed the business of agriculture, giving his personal supervision to all the work and realizing a goodly profit therefrom. He was thoroughly respected in the community. He was a member and an elder in the Society of Friends, and in political faith a Whig, later a Republican. He erected a house on his farm, which was located on the east side of the Brandywine, to which he gave the name of "Peacedale." He married, April 5, 1837, Hannah G. Marsh, born 12 mo. 14, 1816, died 6 mo. 26, 1889, at Wilmington, Delaware, daughter of Dr. Rolph C. and Deborah (Hill) Marsh, of Concord township. Dr. Marsh was one of the earliest physicians in that section and had a practice extending for twenty miles around Concord township. He died at "Peacedale" in June, 1873. His wife, Deborah (Hill) Marsh, was born in Middletown, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, and their old home is now the site of the Delaware county almshouse. Children of Evans and Hannah G. Harvey: I. Elizabeth, born in 1839; married, January 21, 1858, Edward R. Gilpin and has issue. 2. Rolph M., born March 12, 1842; resides in Concord township, Delaware coun- ty, Pennsylvania ; married, March 12, 1868, Anna, daughter of Ellis Pusey Marshall ; children: Dr. Ellis M., Charles E .. Bertram. 3. Alban, of whom further. 4. John M., born November 16, 1850; married (first) Mary Han- num, (second) Eliza Allen ; he is now engaged in the drug business in Wil- mington, Delaware.
(VI) Alban (2), son of Evans and Hannah G. (Marsh) Harvey, was born at "Peacedale," Birmingham township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1845, and there spent his early life. He was educated at Short- lidges Academy, Concordville; at Friends Boarding School, Westtown; at Chester and Maplewood Institute. He grew up on the home farm and was made thoroughly conversant with the labors and duties incidental to that mode of life, and in his subsequent career demonstrated the value of his early train- ing, being now the senior member of the well known firm of Alban Harvey & Sons. His first farm was located in Chester county, Pennsylvania, but since 1873 he has owned an estate of one hundred and seven acres at Brandywine Summit, Birmingham township, Delaware county, upon which he now re- sides. He has made a specialty of greenhouse and dairy farming, having been most successful in these lines of activity. So successful has Mr. Harvey been in greenhouse farming that he is now making an addition to the area under glass of an immense house, seventy-two by five hundred feet, one of, if not, the largest private greenhouses used for commercial purposes in the vicinity. His residence has been thoroughly remodeled and every convenience of a city home installed. Mr. Harvey is a Republican in politics, serving as road supervisor and school director for many years. In religious belief he is a Hicksite Friend.
Mr. Harvey married, May 21, 1868, Mary P. Marshall, born in Concord township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1846, daughter of Thomas and Emily (Paxson) Marshall. Thomas Marshall was a direct descendant of John Marshall, of Elton, Derbyshire, England, who settled in Darby town- ship, in 1687, the line of descent being as follows: Thomas Marshall, born 1694; Thomas Marshall, born 1727; Thomas Marshall, born 1756; Samuel Marshall, born 1789; Thomas Marshall, born October 26, 1818, died August 22, 1880. At his father's death the farm of two hundred and fifty acres
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was divided equally between Thomas and his brother, Ellis Pusey Marshall, the latter taking the half on which the homestead stood, this being still owned in the family. Thomas Marshall married, December 15, 1841, Emily Paxson, of Abingdon Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, born September 13, 1822, died May 23, 1907, leaving issue : Philena, born June 15, 1844, married, March 4, 1869, Charles Temple, of Concord; Mary P., wife of Alban Harvey. The records of the Harvey and Marshall families are to be found in the "Records of the Concord Monthly Meeting-Two Hundred and Twenty-fifth Anniver- sary." Children of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey: I. Evans, of whom further. 2. Emily Paxson, born September, 1875, died in infancy. 3. Edmund Alban, of whom further.
(VII) Evans (2), eldest son of Alban (2) and Mary P. ( Marshall) Har- vey, was born in Birmingham township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, Jan- uary 18, 1871. He attended the schools of Maplewood and Concord, for two years, was a student at Swarthmore College, and later pursued a course in Pierce's Business College in Philadelphia. He purchased an adjoining farm to his father's, and the house contained thirteen rooms, and according to a tablet by the Delaware County Historical Society was built by George and Ruth Gilpin in the year 1754. The house was used by Lord Howe as his headquarters during the battle of Brandywine, and as a hospital for his wounded men after the battle, and is now occupied by Evans Harvey, son of Alban and Mary P. Harvey. He operated the farm successfully for some time, and when the firm of Alban Harvey & Sons was established he became a member of the same, this connection continuing to date. The firm owns and operates farms over two hundred acres in extent at Brandywine Summit. A considerable portion of this ground is under glass and devoted to the pro- duction and cultivation of cut flowers, and they also specialize in fine veget- ables and mushrooms, producing large quantities. He is a director of the Charter National Bank of Media. He is a Republican in politics, taking an active interest in local affairs, and has served as school director for about fourteen years, and road supervisor of Lower Birmingham township, dis- charging his duties in an exemplary manner. He is a member of the Hick- site Friends, and a member of the Masonic fraternity. He married, October 19, 1892, Elizabeth C. Auld, born July 2, 1868, daughter of Charles and Mary S. Auld. One child, Mary E., born August 21, 1894, now a student at Swarthmore College.
(VII) Edmund Alban Harvey, youngest son of Alban (2) and Mary P. (Marshall) Harvey, was born at Brandywine Summit, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, November 21, 1880. After a course in the public schools of Birmingham township, and the West Chester Friends School, he entered the Swarthmore Preparatory School, from which he was graduated in 1896, com- pleting his education at Swarthmore College, from which he graduated in the class of 1900. For two years after leaving college he filled a clerical position in the banking department of Peter Wright & Sons, of Philadelphia, hut is now a member of the firm of which his father was the founder, Alban Har- vey & Sons. Mr. Harvey's career is a demonstration of the old adage. "Blood will tell." for like his ancestors he has chosen the calling of bringing the products of the earth to the use and betterment of his fellowmen, instead of taking part in the eternal warfare of competition consequent on the mercantile life of the present day, and while he is still on the threshold of his life's career, there is no uncertainty as to what the future will bring to him and his, judg- ing from the short period he has already been allowed in which to establish his position in the active business life of his epoch.
Mr. Harvey has found time to become interested in the various financial
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institutions of his locality, and among those which have received the benefit of his counsel and connection therewith is the Kennett Trust Company of Ken- nett Square, Pennsylvania, of which he is a director. In political belief he favors the Republican party, but has never been an active politician, seeking for himself only the right of expressing his opinion through the medium of the ballot. He is a member of the historic Society of Friends. His clubs are the Delaware County Automobile Club, Philadelphia Florists' Club, American Carnation Society and the Society of American Florists. His lodge affiliation is with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. Harvey married, September 8, 1909, at Philadelphia, Gertrude Cath- erine Fleming, born in Philadelphia, September 8. 1885, daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (Morrell-Raul) Fleming, her father being a prominent contrac- tor and builder there. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming were the parents of the following children : Minnie Morrell : Ellen Brown, married John H. Ackeson ; William deceased : Elizabeth Raul, married Horace Temple : Gertrude Catherine, afore- mentioned. Mrs. Harvey is a member of the Presbyterian church, and takes an active part in the younger social life of her home town.
WEBSTER Richard G. Webster, of Chester, Pennsylvania, descends from honorable old English stock that settled in America a hun- dred years before the revolutionary war. The immigrant progenitor of the family was Eza, or Enoch (the records are not quite clear as to his given name), who landed in Massachusetts, and whose numerous sons later strayed to the other colonies, particularly Pennsylvania. It is a noted name, and some of the greatest statesmen, scholars, instructors, writers and soldiers have come from the family to enrich the United States by their achievements, knowledge and wisdom. The Webster family of Pennsylvania have been farmers in the best sense of the word, with only an occasional mem- ber seeking other occupations. The immediate forbear of Richard G. Web- ster was William Webster, of whom further.
William Webster was born about 1740, in Middletown township, Dela- ware county, Pennsylvania. He was reared on the Webster homestead and educated in the district schools of the day. He was a man of prominence in the religious, social, commercial and political life of his community. He mar- ried (first) Miss Sharpless, (second) Agnes Yarnell. Children by first mar- riage: I. Mary, married William Smeadly, of Delaware county. 2. Lydia, married George Smeadly, of Middletown township. 3. Sarah, married Abram Pennell, of Middletown township. Children by second marriage : 4. Phoebe, born in 1813, now one hundred years old ( 1913), lives in Waterville, Pennsyl- vania, widow of Thomas Y. Hutton. 5. William, of whom further. 6. Caleb, married Hannah Morgan ; lives in Middletown township. 7. Ruth, died aged thirty.
William (2), son of William (I) and Agnes (Yarnell) Webster, was born on the Webster homestead in Middletown township, Delaware county. Pennsylvania, in 1816, and died in the same county, October 4, 1891, aged seventy-five years. He was reared in the free life of his father's farm, attend- ing the district schools. Reaching adult age he chose farming as his life occu- pation, and continued it successfully until he retired and purchased a home in Media, Delaware county, in 1885. He was a man of great force of character and determination, and by close attention to his land and application of modern methods he succeeded in accumulating a handsome estate, which has been di- vided among his heirs. He married (first) Elizabeth Larkin, born in 1816, died March 22, 1877, aged sixty-one; (second) Catherine Scarlett, died in
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1899, widow of James Scarlett. Children, all by first marriage : I. Hannah, born February 23, 1840, died May 20, 1908; married Samuel Moore, of Mid- dletown township, who died in Philadelphia; no children. 2. Sarah L., mar- ried Joseph Warren Jones, November 7, 1867; two children: Elizabeth W., deceased, married Ellis B. Barker, Jane P., died of diphtheria, February 15, 1884. 3. Nathan, born February 22, 1844, died March 24, 1844. 4. Rebecca, born December 18, 1845, died October 30, 1847. 5. Edward, born April 16, 1847, died 1890; married Emma England; one son, Lawrence. 6. Ruthanna, born February 24, 1849, died April 17, 1880; married Samuel Moore, of Ches- ter county, Pennsylvania ; three daughters. 7. William, born March 6, 1851; lives in Philadelphia ; married Dora Cynthia Kester; two children. 8. Pennell W., born August 9, 1853; lives in Media, Pennsylvania ; married Mary W. Yarnell; two children. 9. Owen Y., born February 26, 1855, died in 1908; a farmer in Middletown township; married Clara England; children : Agnes, Evelina, England (deceased), Mildred. 10. Elizabeth, makes home with her sister, Mrs. J. W. Jones. 11. Richard G., of whom further.
Richard G. Webster, son of William (2) and Elizabeth (Larkin) Web- ster, was born on the old Webster homestead in Middletown township, Dela- ware county, Pennsylvania, June 23, 1861. He received his preparatory edu- cation in the township schools and in 1876-77 attended the Westtown boarding school. He returned home and was engaged in farm work with his father un- til 1885, and on the retirement of the latter he accompanied him to Media. He entered the Veterinary Department of the State University, and on graduation located in Media, Pennsylvania ; in 1895 he moved to Salem, New Jersey, re- maining there five years, during which time he established himself in a lucra- tive practice. At the expiration of that time he went to Chester, Pennsylvania, where he has built up a flourishing business. From 1888 until 1895 Mr. Web- ster had charge of the stock of the Williamson Industrial School, also that of the Delaware county farm, as well as that of the Burn Brae Hospital, the Swarthmore College and other large private and public stables. In 1888 he was appointed veterinary inspector of Pennsylvania district by D. E. Solo- man, chief of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry of Delaware and Philadelphia counties. He had charge of George Abbott's stable for four years, making a record for himself in his scientific care of the health of the stock. He is one of the best known of the locally prominent men of his coun- ty, and enjoys the esteem, respect and confidence of his fellow citizens. He is a Republican in politics, but has never held a political office, being too deeply immersed in his personal business. He was president and a, member of the Keystone Veterinary Medical Association of Pennsylvania in 1890, and second vice-president of the State of Pennsylvania Veterinary Association, and be- longs to the other veterinary associations in the United States. Both he and his wife are members of the Friends' Congregation. They reside at the corner of Tenth and Keslin streets, Chester. He married, December 1, 1887, Annie H. Hutton, of Chester, Pennsylvania, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Johnson) Hutton. Children: I. Laura, died August, 1889. 2. Edith, born July 13, 1890, died January, 1896. 3. Willa May, born September 27, 1892. 4. Marian, born April 1, 1894. 5. Richard G. Jr., born July 12, 1905.
William Hutton, father of Mrs. Richard G. Webster, was a native of Wat- erville, Pennsylvania. He devoted the best years of his life to milling, where- by he amassed a handsome estate. He retired years ago and now makes his home with his son, Lawrence, in Chester, Pennsylvania. He mar- ried Elizabeth Jolinson, of Concord, Pennsylvania. Children: I. De- borah, born in 1864; married William Russell, of Chester county, Pennsyl- vania ; children : Mary, Susie, Jennie, Emma, Arthur, Sadie, Ella. 2. Sallie,
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born in 1866; married Frank Chandler, of Booths Corner, Delaware county, a butcher ; children: John, William, Frank, Albert, Sarah, Mary, Emma, Annie. 3. Annie H., married Richard G. Webster (see Webster). 4. Minnie, born May 17, 1870, died May 17, 1908; married Robert McMillan, who died in 1900; children : Minnie, Robert, Lawrence, Elizabeth, William. 5. Lillie, born March, 1872, died in 1897; married Horace Goodly, a farmer, in Ches- ter ; children : Tillie and May. 6. William, born May 5, 1874; a butcher and farmer ; married Annie Booth ; children : Elizabeth, James, Marian. 7. George F., born December, 1877; a butcher and farmer; married Clara Booth; chil- dren: Arthur, Elizabeth, Clara. 8. Lawrence, born February, 1888; farmer in Chester, Pennsylvania ; married Rhoda Lanhead.
The Hall family of Chester, Pennsylvania, herein recorded,
HALL descend from Colonel David Hall, born in Lewes, Sussex county, Delaware, a lawyer by profession, who at the time of joining the revolutionary army, was practicing at Lewes, then the county seat of Sussex county. He was quite young when he entered the army, but rose to the rank of colonel, commanding the justly celebrated "Delaware Regiment." His commission as colonel was dated April 5, 1777, although he had seen previous service in Colonel Haslet's regiment of Delaware troops. He led his regi- ment at the battle of Germantown, and was so severely wounded that he never again rejoined his regiment. He was elected governor of Delaware in 1802. He died in 1818, leaving issue, many descendants yet being found in Sussex and Kent counties, Delaware.
The line of descent from Colonel David Hall is through his son, David (2) Hall, born October 13, 1784. He married Elizabeth French and settled in Kent county, Delaware.
Israel Hall, son of David (2) Hall, was born August 3, 1808, died in Townsend, Delaware, in 1882. He was a farmer and a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married a Miss Cordery, of Kent county, Delaware, and had issue: 1. Willard, never married. 2. John, died in service during the civil war. 3. Israel, never married, a veteran of the civil war. 4. Edward, never married. 5. James, of whom further. 6. William N., a farmer; resides near Wilmington, Delaware; married Sarah Boggs, who bore him three children: Alonzo, William, George. 7. Alice. 8. Molly, mar- ried William Daniels and they have two children: Annie and Lillian. 9. Sarah, resides in Chester, Pennsylvania; unmarried. 10. George, resides in Elizabethport, New Jersey; married a Miss Slawter, and they have five chil- dren: May, Nina, Claude, Roland, George. II. Margaret, married John Rolph and they have three children: Jesse, Marguerite, Virgil; they reside in Wilmington, Delaware.
James Hall, son of Israel Hall, was born at Delaware-Hale, Delaware, in 1837, died in Smyrna, Delaware, in May, 1889. He was a farmer by occu- pation. He served under two enlistments in the civil war and received at the expiration of both terms honorable discharges from the service. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a Republican in politics. He married Sarah A. Richardson, born in Delaware, October 28, 1846, who sur- vives him, residing at Tenth and Upland streets, Chester. Children: 1. Wil- liam, deceased. 2. Elizabeth, deceased. 3. Jennie, deceased. 4. John David, of whom further. 5. William Harvey, married Emma Smith; resides in Chester. 6. Israel, married Mattie McBride; resides in Chester. 7. Spruame, married Margaret Crowther; resides in Chester. 8. Edgar, married Mary Cairns; resides in Wilmington, Delaware. 9. Fannie, married Howard Bowen ;
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resides in Conemaugh, Pennsylvania. 10. George, married Elsie Solomon ; resides in Chester.
John David Hall, son of James and Sarah A. ( Richardson) Hall, was born in Smyrna, Delaware, September 10, 1867. He was educated in the pub- lic schools. Until 1886 he was engaged in farming, and in November of that year he moved to Chester, entering the employ of the Eddystone Print Works, later becoming a foreman, a position he now holds. He is a member of the Independent Order of Mechanics, and is a member and usher in the Madison Street Methodist Episcopal church. He married, March 4, 1888, Harriet Ann (Lecture ) Hagele, born in Philadelphia, August 7. 1867, widow of John Hagele, who died August 24. 1886; they were married in Philadelphia, Decem- ber 24. 1884, and had one child, Irene, born in Philadelphia, January 18. 1886, married, October 20, 1906, George Ferguson, and resides in Chester. Chil- dren of John David and Harriet Ann Hall: 1. J. Kenneth, of whom further. 2. Annie, born February 22. 1892, in Eddystone, Pennsylvania : married John Hager ; resides in Chester. 3. Harvey, born March 18. 1895. 4. Percy : born February 25, 1900. 6. Ethel, born May 17, 1905.
J. Kenneth Hall, son of John David and Harriet Ann ( Lecture-Hagele ) Hall, was born in Eddystone, Pennsylvania. September 17. 1889. He attended the public schools of Chester until he was thirteen years of age, then after a short career as a newsboy. entered the employ of the Eddystone Print Works, where he learned the art of printing. Later he worked at his trade in Philadelphia and Wilmington, obtaining valuable experience. In October, 1909, he formed a partnership with Harry Pendleton and started in business at No. 910 Morton avenue, Chester, their plant consisting of one small press. They were successful from the beginning, and for two years continued as partners. Mr. Hall then purchased his partner's interest and has since con- ducted a flourishing business alone. On May 21. 1912, the business had grown to such proportions that he rented the entire second floor at No. 534 Market street, Chester, and installed a plant valued at several thousand dol- lars. His rise has been rapid, and from the one press plant of 1909 to the complete equipment of the present time (1913) has been a success, only accounted for by untiring energy and the best business management. He is master of his business from a technical or mechanical standpoint. and pos- sesses a rare executive ability that has placed him in the front rank among the younger business men of Chester. He is a member of Chester Council, No. 36. Order of Independent Americans: Washington Camp. No. 281, Patriotic Order Sons of America. Both he and his wife are communicants of the Madison Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
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