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Edward W. Pratt, son of Charles and Rose ( Kaltenthaler) Pratt, was born at the corner of Montgomery avenue and Belgrade street, Philadelphia, September 22, 1861. Attending the public schools of his native city, he proved so apt a scholar that he held second in rank of all who entered the high school in his class. Upon leaving this institution he matriculated at the University of Pennsylvania, which, however, he left at the end of five months in order to engage in the more active work of life. He and his brother established them- selves in the express business and transfer agency at Bryn Mawr, their concern doing business under the title of Pratt's Express. For thirty years Mr. Pratt was actively identified with this. In 1905 he removed to Manoa, Haverford township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, which he had selected as a place of residence. He sold his business interests at Bryn Mawr, intending to lead a quiet and retired life, but he was too active a man to be contented with this. It was no very long time before he again established himself in business, this time opening an express and transfer office at No. 9 South Third street, Phila- delphia, where he is still doing an extensive business. His fraternal affiliations are with the Improved Order of Red Men and the American Mechanics.
Mr. Pratt married, September 20, 1904, Mabel D. Gray, born in Phila- delphia, of German descent. Children: Anna L., born August 6, 1907; Wilma, born January 30, 1913. Mr. Pratt is entirely free from ostentation, a true American citizen, loyal to his country, his church and his friends. He is of a generous and sympathetic nature, and is ever ready with advice and material aid whenever there is any question of a charitable project.
JANVIER The Janvier family came to this country from France in the latter part of the seventeenth century, during the reign of Louis the Fourteenth, at a time when the Protestants were being per- secuted because of their religious views. The immigrant ancestor was obliged to abandon a large fortune in France when he fled to this country. His
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father, Pierre Janvier, fled to Scotland, where he married a countess. Thomas Janvier, his son, married Jane Clarke.
Thomas Janvier, son of Thomas and Jane (Clarke) Janvier, was born in New Castle, Delaware. He was a cabinet maker and a merchant, and stood well in the business world. He gave his political support to the Whig party, and was a devout member of the Presbyterian church. He married Mercy Archer, and had children: George, Thomas, Benjamin, Mary, Jane.
George Janvier, son of Thomas and Mercy (Archer) Janvier, was born at New Castle, Delaware, March 4, 1804, died in the same state, December 25, 1873. He was a farmer and a coal merchant in Newark and New Castle, Delaware. His religious affiliations were with the Presbyterian church, and he gave his earnest support to the Republican party. He married Catherine, born February 2, 1805, died July 14, 1863, daughter of David Paynter, of Philadelphia, and of Catherine ( Hall) Paynter, daughter of Governor Hall, of Delaware, who served as a colonel during the war of the revolution. Chil- dren: Edwin P., born February 25, 1827; Washington, February 18, 1829; Emma H., January 13, 1831; Catherine L., April 16, 1833; Mary J., March 27, 1835; Agnes MI., April 30, 1837 ; Thomas D., August 29, 1839; Margaret D., August 16, 1842; Julia H., July 22, 1843; Thomas George, of whom further.
Thomas George Janvier, son of George and Catherine (Paynter ) Janvier, was born in the town of Newark, Delaware, November 27, 1845. After the necessary preparatory training he entered the Polytechnic College of Pennsyl- vania, and completed his education by a course in Bryant & Stratton's Business College. Mr. Janvier, a resident of Lansdowne for twenty-five years, has accomplished work of a very important character. As civil engineer of Aldan borough he laid out and built all the streets of that section; he constructed the first macadam road on Lansdowne avenue, in 1888, from Darby to Garrett road, for Joel J. Bailey and A. J. Drexel; he planned and constructed the Lansdowne sewage system. He has been a Republican for many years, and has served as borough engineer of Swarthmore, Lansdowne, Aldan, Morton, Rutledge and Clifton Heights, all in Delaware county, Pennsylvania. During the civil war he was a member of Company B, Seventh Delaware Regiment. His fraternal affiliations are with the Order of Free and Accepted Masons; the Neighbors' Club, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania; and he was for twenty years a member of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, and then resigned. For a period of twenty-four years he has served as an elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Lansdowne, and is regarded as an ardent, unselfish, consistent Chris- tian, whose spirit is never ruffled and whose beautiful home life is an example to all. In association with the Rev. Dr. Harper, of the North Broad Street Church, he was one of the founders of Penn Chapel, now Harper Memorial Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, and was the first superintendent of the Sunday school connected with that institution.
Mr. Janvier married, at Camden, New Jersey, March 12, 1878, Katharine Umsted Reinboth, born in Philadelphia, March 16, 1850, daughter of Joseph Diver Reinboth, who was a nephew of Paul Beck, owner of one of Philadel- phia's old shot towers, and a financial giant in his day, and whose three sons, Chauncey, Harry and Charles Reinboth, were all captains in the Union Army during the civil war. Joseph D. Reinboth was one of the founders of the West Arch Street Presbyterian Church. He married Sarah Umsted and had children: Charles, Harry, Chauncey, Joseph, Katharine Umsted, aforemen- tioned, Sarah U., Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Janvier had one child, George Vic- tor, of whom further.
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Umsted (Reinboth) Janvier, was born in Camden, New Jersey, October 19, 1881. He was graduated from the William Penn Charter School of Philadel- phia in the class of 1901, and then took a two years biological course at the University of Pennsylvania. He was graduated in the class of 1906 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania. He served one year as interne at the City Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. After a period as resident physician in the Municipal Hospital of Philadelphia in 1907, he practiced successfully twenty-two months in Royersford, Pennsyl- vania, but feeling that he was too far from medical centres he left there in 1909 and settled in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. He spent nine months in post- graduate work in Blockley Hospital, Philadelphia, and the Polyclinic Hospital of Philadelphia. He is now (1914) physician to the Lansdowne and East Lansdowne Boards of Health, and also physician to the public school system of Lansdowne.
Dr. Janvier is a member of the American Medical Association, the Dela- ware County Medical Society. the Philadelphia Pediatric Society, and an asso- ciate member of the Philadelphia Obstetric Society. He is examiner for the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York, and the Philadelphia Life Insurance Company. He is assistant in the Dispensary for Diseases of Children at the University Hospital, Philadelphia, as well as assistant in the out-patient maternity service of the South Eastern Dispensary, a branch of University Hospital. He is one of the junior physicians of Lans- downe, and is working away quietly in the two lines above mentioned, and enjoys a good practice in Lansdowne and vicinity.
Dr. Janvier married, in 1909. Margaret Levis Marshall, daughter of Lean- der Marshall, twice councilman in Lansdowne borough, one of the founders and trustee of the First Presbyterian Church from its first year of existence. They have one child, Katharine, born in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. December 5. 1910.
William John Pabst. an energetic and well known young business
PABST man, of Sharon Hill. Delaware county, Pennsylvania, is a repre- sentative of a family which has been resident in the United States for a number of generations.
John Pabst, his grandfather, was a native of Germany, and came to the United States about the year 1845. He made his home in the city of Philadel- phia, where he established himself in the wholesale liquor business, with which he was actively identified until his death. He married Christine Yeager, who was born in Germany in 1820, and they had children: Caroline, Margaret. Charles, John. Sophia. Amelia. William John, see forward ; Albert, Adolf.
William John Pabst, son of John and Christine ( Yeager) Pabst, was born in Philadelphia, and was educated in Germantown, a suburb of that city. He became associated with his father in the business which had been established by the latter. He married Lena Miller, daughter of John C. Miller, and had children : William John, whose name heads this sketch : John, who died at the age of thirteen months.
William John (2) Pabst. son of William John (I) and Lena (Miller) Pabst. was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. October 29. 1870. He was the recipient of a fine education, and was graduated from the Medical Depart- ment of the University of Maryland in the class of 1903. the degree of Doctor of Medicine being conferred upon him. He has never engaged in the practice of the medical profession, and spent some time immediately after his gradua-
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tion on a stock farm. In 1909 he came to Darby, Delaware county, Pennsyl- vania, where he associated himself in a partnership with a Mr. Marshall in the coal, feed and building supply business, the firm name being Marshall & Pabst. The business is an old and well established one, and under the new and pro- gressive methods introduced by Mr. Pabst, has added to its previous excellent reputation. Mr. Pabst is unmarried.
PATTON
The founder of the Patton family in Pennsylvania, which is
both numerous and highly respected, members thereof playing an important part in the activities of the various communities in which they resided, was - Patton, a native of Scotland, whence he emi- grated to this country, settling in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he was noted for his thrift and enterprise. Among his children was a son, Robert, of whom further.
Robert Patton was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he was reared and educated, and where in later life he was the owner of a large farm, which he cultivated and improved, and from the proceeds of which he was enabled to provide a comfortable home for his family. He married Ta- bitha Giles, also a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and they were the parents of three children: I. William, who was a commission merchant dur- ing his active career. now leading a retired life. 2. Edward S., of whom further. 3. Margaret, married John Shaffer: resides in the southern part of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Patton were strict Presbyter- ians, and they reared their children in the same faith.
Edward S. Patton, second son of Robert and Tabitha ( Giles) Patton, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1847. He was reared on the home farm. educated in the schools of the neighborhood, assisted his father and the neighbors in their farming operations, later owned and operated a farm of his own, and in addition to this was a steam engineer, working in quarries, etc. He is thrifty and prudent, and has prospered in the world's goods, being held in high esteem by his fellowmen. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a Republican in politics. He married Caroline Elliott, born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. 1856, died 1884, daughter of George and Margaret Elliott, both natives of Ireland, coming to this country after their marriage and locating in the southern part of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where they now reside, he a tailor by trade. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott had six children, namely: 1. Samuel, deceased. 2. Allan, a merchant at Richards Mere, Maryland ; now (1913) aged seventy-four years. 3. Elizabeth, married John Wells, a farmer ; they reside in Chester county, Pennsylvania. 4. John. deceased. his death resulting from wounds received in civil war. 5. Daughter, died young. 6. Caroline, aforementioned as the wife of Edward S. Patton. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Patton: 1. Robert, a farmer in Chester county, Pennsylvania. 2. Ida, married Walter Faulkner : they reside in Chester coun- ty on a farm. 3. Harry E., of whom further. 4. Lulu, resides at her home in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.
Harry E. Patton, second son of Edward S. and Caroline ( Elliott) Pat- ton, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1878. After complet- ing the course in the public schools of his home town, he became a student in Banks Business College. Philadelphia, and the knowledge gained there was of great value to him in his subsequent career. His first employment was as time- keeper for William Grey & Son, with whom he remained for eleven years, and during the last few years of this connection he acted as superintendent of the interior marble shop, giving entire satisfaction in the performance of all his
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duties. In 1910 he moved to East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, and in partner- ship with Albert J. Turner established a retail business in coal, feed and build- ing materials, under the firm name of Patton & Turner, and this has grown to large dimensions, being a prosperous enterprise from the beginning. The part- ners are men of energy and perseverance, well qualified to conduct their affairs in a business-like manner, and the success they have achieved is the direct re- sult of their well directed efforts. Mr. Patton is a Republican in politics, and has served as township commissioner of Upper Darby township. He is a mem- ber of Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Patton married, December 16, 1903, Lulu E. Kirk, born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. December 21, 1877. One child, Lenore Aileen, born January 12, 1913.
RIGBY J. Lord Rigby, of Media, lawyer and financier, manager of the Land Title Trust Company of Philadelphia, and otherwise actively identified with Delaware county affairs, is a native of that county. born August 4, 1864, son of James P. and Elizabeth R. (Scanlan ) Rigby. His father was an Englishman, who came from Stockport, England, in 1854. and located in Wilmington, Delaware, where he engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods, and with much success ; his wife was a daughter of John Scan- lan, of Paoli, Chester county, Pennsylvania, who was a large lime burner in Christiana, Lancaster county. Children of James P. Rigby: Mary H., who became the wife of John McGraw, and they have four children: Annie E., who became the wife of George Standring, and they have one child ; Edward H., married Elsie Snyder, and they have one child : Harry H., at home; Mar- garet H., also at home ; and J. Lord, of whom further.
J. Lord Rigby received his elementary education in the public schools of his native place, and he supplemented this with a full course in the College of Commerce, Philadelphia. Determining upon an adequate equipment for a business career, for four years he pursued law studies in the office and under the preceptorship of E. A. Price, of Media. He was now prepared to enter upon professional practice, but he was offered a position with the Land Title Trust Company of Philadelphia, and his success opened up to him avenues of usefulness and success which moved him to turn aside from the calling for which he had prepared himself. So acceptable was his service with the large corpo- ration with which he became identified, that responsibility after responsibility was placed upon him, until at length he was chosen manager, in which import- ant position he has served with entire success to the present time. He enjoys a large acquaintance in financial and general business, as well as social circles, and his genuine high character. geniality and good fellowship are appreciatively recognized.
Mr. Rigby is an ardent Republican politically, he is a forceful and enter- taining speaker, and has frequently occupied the platform upon questions of state and national importance. He is a leading member of the Radnor Repub- lican Club, the Young Men's Republican Club of Media, the Fernwood Repub- lican Club, the Keystone Club of Chester, and the Media Social Club, in the latter of which he has served as president. He is affiliated with various branches of the Masonic fraternity. He has been an extensive traveler throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, and has acquired a fund of knowledge such as marks the intelligent and discriminating observer.
Mr. Rigby married Annie, daughter of William Hurlow, a leading coal operator of Mount Carmel, Northumberland county: Children: Hurlow and Renee.
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Pennell Rice, who holds an honored place among the citizens of RICE Folcroft, is a representative of a family who have always been hon- ored among their neighbors for their many excellent traits of char- acter, which have been transmitted in large measure to their descendants of the present day.
Pennell Rice was born April 28, 1874, son of Edmund T. and Maria ( Fair- lamb) Rice, and grandson, on the paternal side, of Jacob and Zaidee (Taylor) Rice, of Delaware county, Pennsylvania, and on the maternal side of Thomas and Margaret (Patterson) Fairlamb, of Media, Pennsylvania, great-grandson of Joseph and Sidney (Vernon) Fairlamb and of William and Susan (Trim- ble) Patterson, and great-great-grandson of Abraham and Lydia Trimble. Ed- mund T. Rice ( father) was born near Glen Olden, Ridley township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, September 5, 1839. After completing his studies in the public schools, he gave his attention to farming, from which he derived a goodly livelihood, and later entered the employ of an insurance company, filling that position at the time of his death, August 13, 1901. He and his wife, who were married December 24, 1868, were the parents of nine children, as fol- lows: I. William F., born March 16, 1871 ; now a resident of Morton: em- ployed in the Centennial Bank. 2. Jacob, born August 31, 1872, died Angust 27, 1901. 3. Pennell, of whom further. 4. Mary P., born September 27, 1877, died September 6, 1901. 5. Susan T., born January 10, 1879: a resi- dent of Pennsgrove, New Jersey. 6. Edmund T., born November 10, 1880; resides in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 7. Elsie J., born June 14, 1882; a resident of Glen Olden, Pennsylvania. 8. Charles P., born June 8, 1884: a resident of Folcroft. 9. Frank, born October 29, 1890; employed as fireman on the railroad ; resides in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Pennell Rice attended the public schools of his neighborhood, completing his studies at the age of fifteen, and he then secured employment with the firm of Crampton, Allen Candy Company, remaining for nine years, giving entire satisfaction to his employers. Upon the death of his father, in 1901, he as- sumed his position with the Prudential Life Insurance Company, serving for a number of years, performing the duties devolving upon him in a creditable manner, and later resigned from the same in order to enter the employ of A. B. Earl, engaged in the fire insurance business, with whom he has since been connected. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and affiliated with Lodge No. 527, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. Rice married. July 17, 1911, Margaret L. Russell, of Darby township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. Child, Robert Russell. Mrs. Rice is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. and Mrs. Rice are highly es- teemed in the community, having a wide circle of friends who estimate them at their true worth.
The Richardson family, of which John Henry ( Harry) RICHARDSON Richardson, of Marcus Hook, is a representative in the present generation, came to Delaware county, Pennsyl- vania, from Cape May, New Jersey.
Captain Carmen Richardson, grandfather of the Mr. Richardson of this sketch, was born at Cape May., New Jersey, and spent the greater part of his life as a sea captain and visited many foreign countries. For many years he made his home in Marcus Hook, where his children were born and where his death occurred. Both he and his wife, who died at the age of eighty-four years, were members of the Methodist church, in which Captain Richardson
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was a class leader and a trustee. He had children: George, Carmen, John Henry, see forward; Mary Ann.
Captain John Henry Richardson, son of Captain Carmen Richardson, was born in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, and died there at the age of fifty-six years. He also followed the sea, at first making his voyages with his father, later engaging almost exclusively in the coasting trade, and rising to have command of a vessel of his own. He was a veteran of the civil war, having served in the regiment commanded by Captain Bunting. In political matters he was a Republican, and both he and his wife were members of the Metho- dist Episcopal church at Marcus Hook, Captain Richardson also serving as a trustee of that institution. Captain Richardson married Mary T. Marshall, who was born in Marcus Hook, where she died at the age of seventy-one years. She was a daughter of James Marshall, a carpenter of Marcus Hook. Chil- dren : John Henry, see forward; George, born in 1868: James, born in 1870, married Mary Brown; Mary, born in 1872, married Daniel Swope, captain of a barge.
John Henry (2) Richardson, better known under the name of "Harry," eldest child of Captain John Henry (1) and Mary T. (Marshall) Richard- son, was born at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, June 10, 1866. He attended the public schools of the town, obtaining there a sound, practical education, and was then apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade, at which he also worked for a time as a journeyman. Just as soon as he found he had acquired the knowledge necessary to the successful carrying out of the plans he had formed, he established himself in the contracting and building line, with which he has been prominently and prosperously identified up to the present time (1913). He has established a reputation for himself for reliability which is second to none. Being himself an expert mechanic, he is satisfied with nothing short of the best work from the hands of those he employs, and this high quality has been the cornerstone of the large building interests he now controls. Mr. Richardson is a Democrat in politics, and in religious affairs both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, Mrs. Richardson being a steward and a teacher in the Sunday school. He is also a member of the L. H. Scott Lodge, No. 352, Free and Accepted Masons, of Chester.
Mr. Richardson married Katherine Ryland, born in Crumpton, Maryland, March 8, 1868. She is the daughter of Edward Ryland, who was born in Cecil county, Maryland, where he died in 1900 at the age of sixty-five years. He was a photographer, and married Marion Carroll, of Chestertown, Mary- land, who survived him. They had children: Marion, born June 10, 1861, died unmarried at the age of thirty-five years; Margaret M., born May 17, 1863, died unmarried at the age of twenty-five years; Sally B., born Decem- ber 14, 1864, married, 1891, Thomas Annon, a farmer; Katherine, referred to above; Harry, born November 17, 1871, married, 1908, Ida Roberts; Emma, born December 26, 1874, married, 1905, Edward Scott; Madge, born May 15, 1877, married, 1902, Horn; Edward, born May I, 1879, unmarried; Isaac, also unmarried. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson have children : Mary Hooker and John Henry.
The McClures have been residents of Delaware county, Penn- MCCLURE sylvania, for about three-quarters of a century, and three gen- erations have been prominent in the business life of the city of Chester. The first of this branch to settle in Delaware county was John (2), son of John and Sarah (Oliver) McClure, natives and life-long residents of county Donegal, Ireland.
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John (2) McClure was born in county Donegal, in the year 1816. He was educated in the public schools and learned the trade of carpenter. At the age of twenty-four years he came to the United States and for several years was in railroad employ in bridge building and construction work, holding au- thority over others and prospering. He was thrifty and ere long was the own- er of fifty-five acres of improved land in Chichester township. Chester county. Here he made his home until 1877, when he moved to the city of Chester. He was interested in public affairs and during his residence in Chester was en- gaged in several enterprises. He was a Republican in politics, but never took active part in official life. In religious faith he was a Presbyterian, belonging to the Second Church of Chester. He died in Chester in the year 1896. He married (first) July 22, 1852, Fannie M., died February 6, 1870, daughter of James Williams, of Philadelphia. He married ( second ) in 1877, Anna, daugh- ter of Daniel Likens, of Delaware county. Children by first marriage : John C .; William J., see forward : Oliver C .; George W., John A., Robert G., and David B.
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