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The children of Francis V. and Emma L. Wal- ton are : Amos B., born January 8, 1889 ; Edward B., born April 23, 1891, and Emma May.
The children of Warren and Annie V. Brooke are : Emma Walton, born April 5, 1901 ; and Mar- guerite, born October 1, 1902.
Eber Walton (father) was born near Quaker- town, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1800. He was the son of Abraham Walton, also born in that locality a descendant of one of the early set- tlers. Abraham Walton (grandfather) removed with his family to Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1816, at the time when a tide of emigration was setting toward that part of the state. After he grew to manhood Eber Walton returned to Quak- ertown, and married, in 1823, Anna, daughter of Joseph Shaw, of that place, who was a member of a well-known family of Friends and a farmer. Soon after his marriage Eber Walton removed to Southampton township, Bucks county, where he established himself as a farmer. His next removal was to Plymouth township, Montgom- ery county, where he continued farming, and in 1830 he purchased the farm where his son now resides, which is known as "Walmere." About 1835 Abraham Walton removed his family from Beaver county, Pennsylvania, to Mount Etna, Indiana, where some of his descendants are now living. The children of Eber and Anna (Shaw) Walton are: Joseph, born December 19, 1825, married in 1847, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (Childs) Conard, of Whitpain township; Mary, born in 1827, died in infancy ; Israel, born in November, 1829, married Tacy, daughter of James and Sarah Conard ; Amos, subject of this sketch ; Mahlon, born in 1834, died in 1857.
Joseph Walton, after his marriage, with Eliza-
beth Conard, settled on a farm adjoining that of his father. Their children are: John and Sarah (twins), born in 1848, John marrying Margaret, daughter of Jonathan Ambler, of Maryland, and living at Quakertown.
Israel and Tacy (Conard) Walton have one son, Henry Conard, who was born in 1857, mar- ried Winifred, daughter of Ethan Weidner, of Whitpain township, they living in Philadelphia.
Since coming into possession of the home- stead Amos Walton has managed it as a dairy and general farm, and has been very successful in his vocation. The Waltons for many genera- tions have been members of the Society of Friends, attending Plymouth Preparative and Gwynedd Monthly Meetings. In politics Amos Walton is a Republican, as are all the family.
WALTER DEPREFONTAINE, organist at the First Presbyterian church, Norristown, is a native of Whitpain township, where the DePrefon- taines, originally of French extraction, have long been domiciled. He was born at Blue Bell, Feb- ruary 23, 1874, being the son of Charles Paradee DePrefontaine and Emma Elizabeth (Shields) DePrefontaine. Walter DePrefontaine attended the Central public school at Blue Bell, also assist- ing his father in the store, and graduated from the township high school at sixteen years of age. He then for one year attended Sunnyside Academy, the well-known school kept for many years by the Misses Knight, at Ambler. At the same time he took up the study of instrumental music under private tuition, and ultimately entered the musical profession.
Mr. DePrefontaine married, September 26, 1895, Rachael Mitchell, daughter of Charles and Mary Shaw (Conard) Shoemaker, of Blue Bell. They have one son, Charles LeRoy, born October 25, 1896.
Mr. DePrefontaine was for nine years organ- ist at St. Thomas' Episcopal church, at White- marsh. He also did much teaching of instru- mental music in Whitpain and adjoining town- ships until December, 1902, when he removed to Norristown, where he continues his profession of musical director, making a specialty of the organ,
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and occupies the position of organist at the First Presbyterian church, corner of DeKalb and Airy streets, one of the largest and most important of that denomination in the county of Montgomery.
Mr. DePrefontaine, apart from his devotion to his profession, takes an active interest in pub- lic affairs. He is a Republican in politics. In re- ligious faith he is a Methodist, as have been the DePrefontaines for many generations.
Charles P. DePrefontaine (father) has for many years conducted the general store and post office at Blue Bell. He is the oldest child of John and Mary (Megargee) DePrefontaine. Their son Charles (father), born January 7, 1844, at Milestown, married, February 22, 1866, Emma Elizabeth Shields, born May 3, 1842, and their children are : Mary, born January 20, 1868, mar- ried Nathan James, son of William and Elizabeth Megargee, of Milestown, they living in Denver, Colorado, and having two children, Glenn Earle and Nathan Leslie. Kate, born August 19, 1870, married March 27, 1894, Albert A. Tyson, of Horsham, their children being, Emma D., born August 17, 1895, Horald, born October, 1898, and Albert R., born 1900. Anna Rebecca, born Au- gust 21, 1872, died in April, 1895. Walter is the next of the family. Clara, born November 14, 1875, married July 30, 1895, Albert, son of John Fry, and has four children, Alice, born Janu- ary 19, 1897 ; Florence May, born July 19, 1899 ; Rachel, born in May, 1901 ; and Albert. Emma, born April 18, 1877, married, March 24, 1897, Oliver Edward, son of Edward Judson and Mary Jane (Child) Stannard, of Whitpain, their chil- dren being, Clara Elizabeth (1898) ; Ethelyn Minerva (1898, died 1899) ; Mary Jane Child (1901). Alice born March 16, 1880, is unmarried ; Charles born August 8, 1882, married Clara Ward Shook, March 23, 1904.
ried Ida Tyson, of Horsham, and lived at Jarret- town.
Rachel Mitchell, daughter of Charles and Mary Shaw (Conard) Shoemaker, was born at Barren Hill. Her parents soon afterward removed to Blue Bell, where she attended the public schools and later the Abington Friends school, and, after taking a course at Pierce's Business School, Phil- adelphia, was employed at office work for several years. Charles and Mary Shoemaker had the following children : Joseph Conard, born July 10, 1865, married February 17, 1886, Tacy Conard, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Conard) Wal- ton, their children being : Elizabeth Walton, born September 15, 1887; Sarah Pearl, born in 1895; Violet, born 1897 : and Joseph Conard, born No- vember, 1899: Enoch (deceased) ; Ella, born July 9, 1868, married, March 7. 1895, John Bothwell, son of David and Mary (Bothwell) Park, of Horsham township, their children being, Benja- min Pennypacker Wertsner, born December 19, 1895, and John Bothwell, born in July, 1899; Re- becca Jane, born January 23, 1871, unmarried and lives in Judson Place, Philadelphia; Rachael Mitchell, born September 10, 1873, married, Sep- tember 26, 1895, Walter DePrefontaine; Annie C., born August 26, 1876, unmarried, resides at Judson Place, Philadelphia ; Mary Klauder, born March 29, 1879, and Charles, born September 30, 1881, are unmarried; Frank, born August 31, 1884, is living in Philadelphia.
Benjamin DePrefontaine, father of John DePrefontaine, was born in 1790 and died Oc- tober 5, 1828. He married Phœbe Walters.
Charles Shoemaker, father of Rachael M: Shoemaker, was born July 8, 1836, and died January 6, 1898. He married December 24, 1863, Mary Shaw Conard, born December 9, 1840.
John DePrefontaine (grandfather) and Mary JOHN BERKHIMER, one of the best-known farmers of Whitpain, was born April 18, 1846, in Upper Dublin township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Jacob and Tacy Weber (Deaves) Berkhimer, his father being a farmer. The son was brought up to hard work Megargee, his wife, had the following children : Charles Pardee (father) ; Walter, born in 1845, died unmarried in 1866; Anna, born in 1848, married Francis Houpt, of Dreshertown ; Joseph, born June 6, 1850, died January 28, 1854 : Albert, born in 1852, married Emily Irvin and lived in . on the farm, going to school when there was Philadelphia : William, born April 12, 1853. mar- nothing to be done at home, as it was a well-
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settled principle at that time that work must not be interfered with for the secondary purpose of gaining an education. On reaching his eighteenth year he laid aside his books and betook himself en- tirely to the cultivation of the soil. At the age of twenty-one years he was apprenticed to the trade of stonemason, at which he worked for ten years, and then again engaged in the occupation of farm- ing in Plymouth township, when he rented the old Berkhimer homestead known as the Maples, suc- ceeding to the title on the settlement of his father's estate, which occurred in the year 1895. The Maples contains sixty-four acres of rolling and highly fertile land. part of it heavily timbered. and all in a fine state of cultivation. The farm takes its name from the many maple trees that surround the dwelling and are found elsewhere on the place. Mr. Berkhimer operates The Maples as a dairy and truck farm, his products being shipped to the Philadelphia markets.
Mr. Berkhimer has been twice married. His first wife was Susanna Rex, of Plymouth town- ship. Their children are: Tacy, born June 27, 1868, unmarried; and Mary Ann, born January 2, 1874, unmarried. Both daughters reside at The Maples. Mrs. Berkhimer died September 10, 1877, and he married (second wife) Mrs. Jose- phine Rapine, widow of Jerome Rapine, of White- marsh township. Mrs. Rapine, whose maiden name was Hallman, had two children by her first marriage.
Mr. Berkhimer has always been actively inter- ested in the affairs of his community. He is a Democrat in politics. He is a member of the Baptist church, at Cold Point, Plymouth town- ship, of which he is a trustee. He is a progres- sive citizen and engaged earnestly in whatever tends to religious and social improvement.
Jacob Berkhimer (father) was born January 6, 1809. He was the son of George and Margaret Berhimer. He married, November 14, 1841, Tacy Weber Deaves. Her mother was Tacy Weber, of Fairview Farm, at Sandy Hill, in Whitpain town- ship. Their children are: Susanna Deaves, born September 27, 1842, married, June 3, 1869. Nich- olas R., son of William and Mary Ann Rex, of
Plymouth township; George E., born January 13, 1845, died July 3, 1845, and was buried at Ply- mouth Meeting; John, subject of this sketch; William D., born May 22, 1848, married Margaret, daughter of Joel Dewees, of Whitpain township, they living on the
township line near Blue Bell road, in Whitpain; Isaac, born in 1848, died Au- gust 13, 1848; Mary Elizabeth, born October 5, 1850, died September 22, 1851 ; Jesse, born Oc- tober 5, 1852, married Sarah, daughter of Will- iam Moore, who dying, he married (second wife) Emily, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Fisher, they living at West Ambler ; Jacob Martin, born December 25, 1854, married Sarah J. Thomas, of Harmonville, in Whitemarsh township, where they live, having one daughter ; Charles, born May 3, 1859, unmarried, lives at Fairview Farm, and owns the property which formerly belonged to his grandfather Deaves, and prior to that to his great-grandfather Weber, who held it from his father.
The children of Nicholas R. and Susanna D. ( Berkhimer) Rex are : Jacob, born November II, 1871, died July 1I, 1872; Mary Ann, born Sep- tember 22, 1877, died September 6, 1878; Will- lam Berklimer, born September 24, 1882, unmar- ried and resides at Fairview, where he assists his uncle, Charles Berkhimer, in managing the farm.
George Berkhimer (grandfather) was born October 1, 1773.
George Berkhimer (great-grandfather) was born in 1750.
GEORGE MICHAEL SCHWAB, deceased, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Oberamt- Kintzelsau, town of Hollenbach, January 16, 1834. He was the son of Tobias and Barbara ( Steichauf) Schwab. They had eight children, four sons and four daughters, three of whom are now living as follows: Frederick, of Charlotte street, Pottstown: Charles Tobias, of Stowe, Pennsylvania ; and John, of Shelby, Ohio. Bar- bara, is the deceased wife of Leonard Rahn, of Hollenbach, Germany.
The father of Mr. Schwab was a baker, land-
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owner and farmer. He died in Germany at the age of more than fifty years. His widow lived to seventy years or more.
Mr. Schwab's grandfather, Steichauf, was a farmer in Germany and died there at an advanced age.
George M. Schwab, now deceased, was about nineteen years of age when he came to America. He worked in a bakery in Philadelphia for sev- eral years. He then went to Pottstown and was employed with Michael Spindler in his bakery for four years. He then opened a bakery on his own account on High street and succeeded in estab- lishing a large business which he continued un- til his death. He also was a director in the Citi- zens National Bank of Pottstown.
On April 9, 1859, George M. Schwab mar- ried Catharine Schurg, daughter of Johann Michael and Clara (Honung) Schurg. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. George F. Miller. The couple had seven children, three sons and four daughters : Clara Barbara, unmar- ried; Anna Margaret, who became the wife of T. Walter Baer, and they are the parents of three daughters : Ethel G., Mabel F., and Florence E. Baer; they reside in Philadelphia; Marie T., who became the wife of Allen A. Trout, of Potts- town, Pennsylvania, and died two years later at the age of twenty-two years, leaving a daughter, Flora M., now also deceased; Katharin Eliza- beth, unmarried; George William, unmarried ; Charles Frederick, unmarried; and Martin Luther, unmarried.
George M. Schwab died March 7, 1896, in his sixty-third year. His widow, who survives, was born in Bartenstein, Germany Oberampt- Gerebrunn, May 5, 1836. She is an active mem- ber of Emmanuel Lutheran church, as was her husband. He served on the church council for some years.
Mrs. Schwab's mother died when her daugh- ter was a mere child. Her father died in 1876, at the age of seventy-six years. They had ten children, six sons and four daughters, seven of whom are now living, as follows: York, Lewis, John. Andreas. Leonard, Catharine (Mrs. Schwab), and Mary, wife of Frederick Schwab.
Mrs. Schwab's paternal grandfather was John Schurg. He was a farmer in Germany. His wife's name was Clara. They had a small family.
Mrs. Schwab's maternal grandfather was Michael Honung. He was a farmer and died in Germany, at the age of eighty-two years. He had three children, one son and two daughters.
Mr. Schwab was an Odd Fellow. In politics he was a Democrat. He was one of Pottstown's prominent and highly respected citizens. He accumulated money and property by his industry and good management. He was a man of the highest integrity and was thoroughly respected by the community in which he lived. He died, leaving behind him a good name,-the most precious of legacies-to his children. In 1884 he took a trip to his fatherland and also visited Belgium, France and Switzerland, and in 1888 his eldest daughter made a trip to the same country.
EDWARD JUDSON STANNARD, one of the prominent farmers of Whitpain township, is the son of Heman and Minerva Stannard. He was born at Fairhaven, Vermont, December 12, 1829. He attended school at that place in the in- tervals of work on the farm, and at sixteen years of age entered Castleton Seminary, at Castleton, Vermont. After spending a year at that institu- tion, he returned to the farm and again took up the work of assisting in farm management until the death of his father. when he assumed its management.
In 1869 Mr. Stannard married Mary Jane, daughter of Oliver and Edith (Shaw) Child, he originally of Carthage, New York, and she of Quakerstown. Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Stannard was born August 26, 1838. Their chil- dren are Ethelyn Minerva, born July 7, 1870, un- married, resides with her parents; Oliver Ed- ward, born November 2, 1871, married, March 24, 1897, Emma, born April 18, 1877, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Sheild) DePrefontaine, of Blue Bell, their children being. Clara Elizabeth, born January 3. 1898: Ethelyn Minerva, born December 29. 1808, and died January 10, 1899;
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Mary Jane Child, born July 26, 1901 ; and one died in infancy ; Lewis Judson, born May 2, 1875, married Bertha Elizabeth, daughter of Albert and Mary (Craft) Rile, residing in the vicinity, and having two children, Mary Elizabeth, born June 13, 1898, and Edith R., born May 18, 1900; Edith B., born February 18, 1877, died August 26, 1877; Edward Judson, born February 20, 1881, died August 30, 1881.
In the spring of 1876 Edward J. Stannard left Fairhaven, having purchased the farm on which he now resides, which is known as South View, the name being suggested by the slope of the land in that direction, and the great extent of country that can be seen from the house. The farm con- tains seventy acres of fine land. It was formerly the property of William Zorn, who was a relative of Mrs. Stannard.
Heman Stannard (father) was the son of Samuel and Jemima (Wilcox) Stannard. He was born in Collingsworth, Connecticut, Decem- ber 27, 1780. He married, September 5, 1809, Minerva, daughter of Samuel Smith, a farmer of Fairhaven, Vermont. Their children : Betsy, born June 23, 1810, married Almon Bartholomew, of Whitehall, New York ; infant, born June 23, 1812; Samuel, born December 29, 1813, died September 15, 1815; Eliza B., born May 15, 1816, married Satterlee Miller, of Fairhaven, Vermont ; Julia B., born April 4, 1820, married Edmund Kirtland, of Grandville, New York; Mary Ann, born April 20, 1823, unmarried, and resides at West Poult- ney, New York ; Heman, born February 3, 1826, married Maria Kirtland ; Edward Judson, subject of this sketch, and Charlott, deceased.
Samuel Stannard (grandfather) was born in Collingsworth, Connecticut in 1749, the family having long been residents of that place. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He re- moved to Fairhaven, Vermont, and became a valued member of that community, much inter- ested in its prosperity. In 1770 he married Je- mima Wilcox, born in 1746. Their children : Betsy, born August 12, 1771, married Ansel Mer- ritt, and removed to Pottsdam, New York : Daniel. born January 14, 1773, married Mary Davidson, of Fairhaven, Vermont ; Charlotte, born Novem-
ber 23, 1774, married Bohan Sheppard, and was- left a widow with several children ; Eliza married Oliver Childs, whose first wife was Edith, daugh- ter of John Shaw and Elizabeth (Ball) Shaw, of Quakertown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and mother of Mary Jane Child, wife of Edward J. Stannard; Samuel, born October 1, 1776, married Reubena Petty, of Georgia, Vermont, their child being General Samuel George Stannard, of St. Albans, Vermont, who lost an arm at Gettysburg ; Heman (father) born in 1780, died May 16, 1863.
Edward J. Stannard is a Republican in poli- tics and has always taken an active interest in- party success. In Fairhaven, where he resided the greater part of his life, he was more prom- inently identified with politics than he has been since his coming to Pennsylvania. He became a member of the party on its organization in 1856, having prior to that time supported the principles and candidates of the Whig party. The Stan- nard family are Episcopalians in religious faith. and they are members of St. Thomas' Episcopal church, of Whitemarsh.
Samuel Stannard (grandfather) enlisted in the Revolutionary war in the Seventh Regiment, Connecticut Troops, under Colonel Charles Webb, and Captain Nathaniel Tuttle, July 14, 1775. He participated in the battles of German- town and Monmouth. He was at the Valley Forge camp ground during the winter of 1778-9 and at Morristown, New Jersey, in 1779-80. He became a sergeant, August 18, 1780, and at the close of the Revolution returned to Fairhaven, Vermont and received the appointment of captain of the Vermont state militia.
JOSEPH WARREN McCANN was the youngest child of Philip Rees and Elizabeth (Watts) McCann. He was born February 12, 1866, in the house in which he now lives, which was purchased by his grandfather, John McCann, in 1814. It is situated on the Blue Bell road, about a mile south of the village. It is known as Spring Valley Farm, and contains forty-eight acres of highly cultivated land, sloping toward the south and west.
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Soon after his birth his parents removed to Plymouth township where his father had rented a farm. Remaining there one year, the family re- moved to Chestnut Hill where they resided for some year as tenants, after which they returned to Spring Valley where the family has since re- sided, and where Philip Rees McCann died, Jan- uary 22, 1890.
Joseph W. McCann received his education largely at Chestnut Hill school and Bryant and Stratton's Business College at Philadelphia. He married, September 6, 1892, Mary, daughter of Ezekiah and Isabella (Deane) Hallman. Their children are: William Phillips, born May 6, 1893 ; Joseph Warren, born December 28, 1895; Maurice Albert and Thomas Jesse, twins, born in 1898.
Joseph W. McCann conducts the Spring Val- ley Farm in conjunction with his sister, Ann Catharine, who owns the place. They operate the place as a vegetable farm and attend the Phil- adelphia market.
Philip Rees McCann (father), born Septem- ber 16, 1816, was the son of John and Ann (McAffee) McCann. He married Elizabeth Watts, of Sellersville. They had the following named children : Ann Catharine, born June 20, 1847, proprietor of the homestead, Spring Val- ley, is unmarried and makes her home with her brother Joseph. 2. Helen Virginia, born Febru- ary 1, 1849, married, October 20, 1883, Frederick Mutchmore, of Ohio, and had three children. George, born February 12, 1886 (deceased), Minnie, born August 30, 1888, and Helen, born February 26, 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Mutchmore re- side at Mount Airy, Philadelphia. 3. Thomas Jef- ferson has the following children : Gertrude Eliza- beth, born October 31, 1880, and resides with her parents at Barren Hill; Mabel, who died August 26, 1901 ; Grover Cleveland, born May 15, 1899; and Francis, born in 1891 ; 4. William, born July 22, 1854, married in April, 1903, Elvie, daughter of Jones Detwiler, they living near Blue Bell. William is road supervisor of Whitpain town- ship. 5. Mary, born August 28, 1856, married James P. Simpson, of Baltimore, Maryland, they having five children : Grace. born September 13,
1890; Edith Elizabeth, born October 12, 1891 ; James P., born September 3, 1894; Laura, born September 12, 1897 ; and Mary, born in February, 1899. 6. Hepsy Norris, born July 4, 1858, married George L. Watson and they have three children : Ethel, born September 11, 1887, Elizabeth born June 18, 1890; and Leon, born February 15, 1893. They live in West Philadelphia. 7. Martha Con- ard, born April 29, 1860, married Jacob Engle- man, of Bustleton, Philadelphia ; they having five children, as follows: Marion Sarah, born March 3. 1888; Edna, born March 12, 1890; Florence, born March 12, 1892; Myrtle, born January 3, 1896, and Jacob Schlichter ; 8. J. Warren is the subject of this sketch.
John McCann (grandfather) was born in Ire- land, April 14, 1770, married Ann McAffee, born April 13, 1778. John McCann was a contractor and farmer in Norristown.
CHARLES BERKHIMER, son of Jacob and Tacy Weber (Deaves) Berkhimer, was born at . Fairview, the old homestead of the Weber fam- ily, at Sandy Hill, in Whitpain township, May 3, 1859. He attended school at Sandy Hill until his seventeenth year, beside assisting his father on the farm during the intervals of school study. After the death of his parents he became owner of the farm, which takes its name fram the elevated posi- tion of the land from which the surrounding country may be seen in every direction for many miles. Few places in Montgomery county offer better facilities in the way of scenery than may be enjoyed from the door of the old stone man- sion of Fairview Farm.
Charles Berkhimer is unmarried and the pre- siding genius in his household is his widowed sister, Mrs. Rex, who with her son, assists in the management of the farm.
Jacob Berkhimer (father), born January 6, 1809, married November 25, 1841, Tacy Weber Deaves, born June 23, 1814. Their children are : Susanna Deaves, born September 27, 1842, mar- ried June 3, 1869, Nicholas Rex, born July 25, 1842, son of William and Mary Ann Rex, of Plymouth township, their children being Jacob and Mary Ann (died in infancy) ; and William
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Berkhimer, born September 24, 1882, residing at "Fairview Farm," with his mother and uncle, his father, Nicholas Rex, having died June 25, 1883. George E., second child of Jacob Berkhimer, born January 13, 1845, died July 3, 1845. John, born April 18, 1846, married Susanna Rex (first wife), whose daughters Tacy B., born June 22, 1868, and Mary Ann, born January 2, 1874, reside with their father at the Maples in Whitpain township. Susanna Berkhimer having died December 10, 1877, John Berkhimer married (second wife) Mrs. Josephine (Hallman) Rapine, widow of Je- rome Rapine, of Whitemarsh township, by whom she had two children. William Deaves, born May 22, 1848, married Margaret, daughter of Joel De- wees, of Whitpain township, they living on the Township Line road near Blue Bell. Isaac, born in 1848, died in infancy. Mary Elizabeth, born in 1850, and died in infancy. Jesse Deaves, born Oc- tober 5, 1852, married Sarah, daughter of Will- iam Moore, and she having died, married (second wife) Emily, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Fisher, they residing at West Ambler. Jacob Martin, born on Christmas day, 1854, married Sarah J. Thomas, of Harmanville, where they live. Charles is the other member of the family.
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