Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol. I, Part 40

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed; Jordan, Wilfred, b. 1884, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, NY : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 710

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'As became a gentleman of means and position in society of that day, Israel Pemberton had his country house. In February, 1738, he bought of Thomas Masters, seventy acres of land, just south of the angle of Twenty-third and South streets and Gray's Ferry Road. Here he built a mansion house before 1751, which he called "Evergreen." By his will Israel Pemberton devised "Evergreens" to his son James.

Israel Pemberton married, April 12, 1710, Rachel, born 1691, died February 24, 1765, daughter of Charles Read, merchant, of Philadelphia, by his second wife, Amy (Child) Stanton (whom he had married in 1690). Her younger sister, Sarah Read, became the wife of James Logan, William Penn's confidential

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friend and adviser. Israel Pemberton is mentioned in "The Courtship of Hannah Logan," where he is called "uncle." Rachel Pemberton's half-brother, Charles Read, was Sheriff and Mayor of Philadelphia, Judge of the Admiralty, and Pro- vincial Councillor. Her father, Charles Read, was a member of the Church of England in later life (though married at Middletown Monthly Meeting in Bucks county ), but was much respected by the Quakers. He was an Alderman of the city in 1701, and a representative in Provincial Assembly in 1704. He died about 1705. The "Friend", vol. xxxii., p. 156, has a sketch of Rachel (Read) Pember- ton, which is in part, as follows:

"RACHEL PEMBERTON.

"Rachel Read was born at Burlington, West Jersey, in the year 1691. She was a daugh- ter of Charles Read one of the early settlers of Pennsylvania under the grant to William Penn. About the eighteenth year of her age she was married to our worthy friend, Israel Pemberton. * *

* After his death she continued her house open for the reception of Friends near and from remote parts, as it had been in her husband's time, particularly for the entertainment of those who came from Europe on religious visits to America, with whom she was often dipt into much feeling sympathy under their weighty travail and exer- cise. * * *

The death of Israel Pemberton took place January 18 (or 19), 1754, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. His wife departed this life February 24, 1765, aged about seventy-four years. There is an obituary notice of him in the Pennsylvania Gazette of January 22, 1754, and one of her in the same paper for February 28, 1765.

Issue of Israel and Rachel (Read) Pemberton:

Sarah Pemberton, b. Dec. 13, 1711, d. Aug. 23, 1712;

Phineas Pemberton, b. Aug. 23, 1713, d. May 23, 1714;

ISRAEL PEMBERTON, JR., b. May 10, 1715; of whom presently;

Charles Pemberton, b. Oct. 23, 1716, d. March 23, 1720;

Mary Pemberton, b. Dec. 1, 1717, d. Feb. 27, 1731; Phineas Pemberton, b. Dec. 4, 1719, d. Jan. 1, 1725; Rachel Pemberton, b. Aug. 29, 1721, d. Dec. II, 1721 ; JAMES PEMBERTON, b. Aug. 26, 1723, of whom later; JOHN PEMBERTON, b. Nov. 25, 1727, of whom later;

Charles Pemberton, b. July 4, 1729, d. May 21, 1748.

Although the family might have seemed likely to become extensive in descend- ants, yet in 1812 it was reduced to one male representative.

ISRAEL PEMBERTON, JR., son of Israel and Rachel (Read) Pemberton, was born May 10, 1715. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits with his father and attain- ed a large measure of success. He also became very active and conspicuous in the councils of the Friends, to such a degree indeed, that he became known by the nickname of "The King of the Quakers." He stood in the van with those of that faith who battled with the Proprietaries (no longer so tender toward Quaker inter- ests as the Founder), as represented by the several governors of his day. As a result of his criticisms of Gov. George Thomas, the latter had him arrested Feb- ruary 23, 1739-40, but obtaining a writ of habeus corpus, he was released on bail. This difficulty arose from a controversy respecting a proposed alteration in the charter of the city of Philadelphia, concerning the imposition of taxes.

Throughout his life Israel Pemberton, Jr., was a staunch friend of the Indian. He was one of the six signers of a vigorous address presented to Gov. Robert

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Hunter Morris and the Provincial Council, April 12, 1756, protesting against a declaration of war against the Delawares, which, however, was issued two days later.

In the same year, 1756, Pemberton was one of the principal promoters in the formation of "The Friendly Association for Preserving Peace with the Indians," which was established and almost entirely supported by the Quakers. Later in the same year, he was largely responsible for bringing about the famous confer- ence at Easton, which resulted in a treaty of peace, whereby the difficulties with the Indians were adjusted and further bloodshed averted. He was also a founder of the "Friendly Association for regaining and preserving peace with the Indians by pacific measures." By reason of his prominence in all matters affecting the welfare of the red men he was sometimes designated as "King Wampum."

At the breaking out of the Revolution, like most of the conspicuous and influ- ential Quakers, he took as strong a stand against precipitating the impending struggle, and because of his vigorous efforts to prevent hostilities he was treated as a Tory, and, without trial, was imprisoned in 1777, and finally exiled to Vir- ginia, together with his two brothers and a score of prominent Quakers, where he was compelled to remain for a period of eight months.

Israel Pemberton, Jr., succeeded his father in the Assembly immediately upon the latter's withdrawal, being elected from the county of Philadelphia in 1750, but he was not disposed to continue in that body. His influence in Pennsylvania was very great, but it was exercised in moulding the policy of the Quaker party outside of the Assembly. He gave great attention and constant activity to the councils of the Society of Friends, wherein he very frequently found himself arrayed against the proprietary policy. The Quaker party and the anti-proprietary party were not identical, but their interests and policies so often lay in the same direction as not to interfere with Pemberton being a leader in both.

Israel Pemberton, Jr., died in Philadelphia, April 22, 1779. He married, March 30, 1737, Sarah, born 1714, died July 31, 1746, daughter of Joseph Kirkbride, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, by his second wife, Sarah, daughter of Mahlon Stacy, one of the most prominent men of the Province of New Jersey, Kings' Councillor, Assemblyman, Justice of the Courts, etc. Her father, Joseph Kirkbride, a prom- inent figure in the Colonial history of Pennsylvania in the first half century after its founding, was three times married, his first wife being Phebe, daughter of Randall Blackshaw, who was the ancestor of later generations of the Pemberton family as shown later.

Israel Pemberton married (second) December 10, 1747, Mary (Stanbury) Jor- dan, widow of Robert Jordan, and of Capt. Richard Hill, and daughter of Nathan and Mary (Ewer) Stanbury, early members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. She was the Mary Pemberton whose coach Gen. Howe seized and appropriated to his own use during the British occupancy of Philadelphia in 1777. She died Octo- ber 25, 1778.

Issue of Israel Pemberton, Jr., and his first wife, Sarah Kirkbride:

Mary Pemberton, b. Oct. 17, 1738; m. Samuel Pleasants, and through her dau. Sarah Pleasants, was the ancestress of a branch of the Fox family of Phila., as well as of the Emlens of Phila., as shown by accounts of these respective families, in these volumes;

Rachel Pemberton, b. April, 1740, d. June 21, 1753;

Sarah Pemberton, b. July 9, 1741; m. Samuel Rhoads;

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Israel Pemberton, b. 1743, d. Aug. 30, 1764; Phineas Pemberton, b. 1744, d. 1746; JOSEPH PEMBERTON, b. 1745; m. Ann Galloway; of whom presently;

Jane Pemberton, b. July 17, 1746, d. Aug. 23, 1747.

Issue of Israel Pemberton, Jr., by his second wife, Mary (Stanbury) Jordan:

Charles Pemberton, b. Oct. 9, 1748, d. April 8, 1772; m. March 8, 1770, Esther House, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth, and had issue, one child :

Mary C. Pemberton, b. March 25, 1771, d. July 2, 1801; became the first wife of Hon. George Fox, of "Champlost," a brother to Samuel Mickle Fox, who mar- ried her cousin, Sarah Pleasants. She had issue, three children, only one of whom, Elizabeth Mary Pemberton Fox, m., she becoming the wife of John Roberts Tunis, and the ancestress of the Tunis family of Phila., an account of which is given in these volumes.

JAMES PEMBERTON, another son of Israel Pemberton, the elder, by his wife, Rachel Read, born in Philadelphia, August 26, 1723, was educated at Friends School in Philadelphia ; travelled to the Carolinas in 1745; visited Europe in 1748, and travelled much through England. Like his brother, Israel, Jr., he was largely and successfully engaged in mercantile pursuits, and like him also displayed an active interest in the welfare of the Indians. He was likewise friendly to the negroes in slavery, and was one of the organizers of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, of which he became President in 1790, upon the death of Dr. Franklin. He was a member of the Assembly in 1756, when Gov. Morris published his proclamation of war against the Delaware Indians, whereupon, June 10, 1756, he resigned his seat because of his antagonism, as a matter of conscience, to war measures. He was also a founder of Pennsylvania Hospital and was a manager from 1758 to 1780, and secretary from 1759 to 1772.

In 1757 he published "An Apology for the People called Quakers, containing some Reasons for their not complying with Human Injunctions and Institutions in Matters relative to the Worship of God." Like his elder brother, James Pem- berton, he vigorously opposed the popular movements aimed at armed opposition to the British government, and he, too, was banished to Virginia, in 1777, for his religious convictions and opposition to war measures.

James Pemberton's town house was on Second street, adjoining the residence at the northwest corner of Second street and Lodge alley, afterwards Gothic street, erected by William Logan, son of Secretary James Logan, between 1750 and 1760. His country seat was "The Plantation," originally the property of Chief Justice John Kinsey, purchased by James Pemberton at sheriff's sale in 1758. It remained in the family only during the purchaser's lifetime, being sold by his executors in 1809, and since 1826 has been the site of the United States Naval Asylum, on the east bank of the Schuylkill. He also inherited from his father "The Evergreens," the country seat of the latter, on the opposite side of Gray's Ferry road.

During the winter of 1777-8, while James Pemberton was an exile in Virginia, and the British were in possession of Philadelphia, Mrs. Pemberton was in charge of the "Plantation." As was the case generally with all the property within the zone of occupancy, the Pemberton estate suffered severely at the hands of the soldiers, who became so destructive, that Mrs. Pemberton was compelled to appeal to Lord Howe, to wit :

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"Esteemed Friend, I am extreamly concerned that I am once more obliged to Trouble Gen'1. Howe with any affair of mine, when his own important engagements no doubt engross his time and thoughts; but by the cruel Banishment of my Husband his business necessarily devolves upon me, and being possessed of two small farms near the city, on one of which there is a small piece of wood, Intended for Firing for myself and children, with a few of the Inhabitants, some of whom are not able to pay for it, but have constantly partook of My Beloved Husband's bounty, by supplying them in the Winter season with a small quan- tity, which I shall be rendered incapable of doing, as the soldiers are taking it away, and say they do it by permission of the General's Secretary. * * * The General's kind inter- position in this matter will Greatly oblige. THY ASSURED FRIEND."

Later, February 14, 1778, Mrs. Pemberton found occasion to write to a certain British officer, one Lord Murray, as follows :

"I was yesterday informed that a certain officer of the Guard who passes by the name or style of Lord Murray, being stationed at my Husband's Plantation near Scuylkill, did there behave himself in an ungentlemanly manner by abusing part of the effects on said place, and also breaking open the doors of that part of the house occupied by my tenants, and treating the family with barbarous and unbecoming behaviour, very unworthy of a British nobleman and officer, after being previously shown Genl. Howe's protection posted up in the house, at which sight he used several expressions highly insulting and derogatory to the General's honour. I take this method of informing the said Lord Murray, that if he dont think proper to make some suitable acknowledgements, I shall immediately enter A complaint at Headquarters. Phoebe Pemberton."

James Pemberton, long after the Revolution, cherished the costume of his fathers, and Watson says of him: "He was almost the last of the race of cocked hats, and certainly one of the very best illustrations of bygone times and primitive men."

James Pemberton married (first) October 15, 1751, Hannah, daughter of Mor- decai and Hannah (Fishbourne) Lloyd, born April 17, 1734, died April 17, 1764; (second) March 22, 1768, Sarah, daughter of Daniel Smith, of Burlington, New Jersey, who died November 28, 1770; (third) July 12, 1775, Mrs. Phoebe (Lewis) Morton, widow of Samuel Morton, and daughter of Robert and Mary Lewis. She was born March II, 1738, died August 22, 1812.

Issue of James and Hannah (Lloyd ) Pemberton:

Phineas Pemberton, b. Feb. 4, 1753, d. May 20, 1778, unm .;

Rachel Pemberton, b. Feb. 4, 1754; m. April 13, 1775, Thomas Parke, M. D., son of Thomas and Jane (Edge) Parke, b. Aug. 6, 1749, d. Jan. 9, 1835; he was an eminent physician, having, after graduating from the College of Philadelphia in 1770, spent two years in the leading hospitals of London and Edinburgh. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society, president of the College of Physicians, a director of the Philadelphia Library, and from 1777 to 1823, a period of nearly half a century, a member of the staff of the Pennsylvania Hospital;

Hannah Pemberton, b. Oct. 27, 1755, d. Sept. 4, 1788; m. Oct. 14, 1784, Robert Morton, son of her father's third wife, Phoebe Lewis, by her first husband, Samuel Morton. He was b. in 1760, d. Aug. 17, 1786, without issue; Hannah ( Pemberton) Morton was a girl of keen intellect, and possessed no meager literary genius. While on a visit, dur- ing the Revolution, and before her marriage, to "Bolton Farm," a part of the original Phineas Pemberton tract, in Bristol twp., Bucks co., now the property of a descendant, Effingham B. Morris, President of the Girard Trust Company, she wrote some verses to her sister Sarah, from which the following lines are extracted :

"The muse inspires, from Bolton Farm I write,

"Whose varied prospects please th' admiring sight.

"There, at a distance on rising ground,

"Stands beauteous Clifton, with each charm around;

"Here Roxborough Manor, elegantly gay,

"With smiling neatness, owns the master's sway;

"Whose plenteous gardens, rich with fruits, appear ;

"The peach, all luscious and delightful pear;

"The cantaloupe, with yellow verdure shines;

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"And cooling Melons deck the circling vines; "Oft have I here some pleasing moments past,

"And shared with pleasure in the sweet repast."

Sarah Pemberton, b. Nov. 14, 1756, d. July 24, 1819; unm .;

James Pemberton, b. Feb. 27, 1758, d. June 17, 1758;

Mary Pemberton, b. March 12, 1759, d. Oct. 1I, 1765.

Issue of James and Sarah (Smith) Pemberton:

Mary Smith Pemberton, b. Nov. 19, 1770, d. 1808; m. May 13, 1790, Anthony Morris, son of Capt. Samuel and Rebecca ( Wistar) Morris, and great-great-grandson of Anthony Morris, second Mayor of Phila. under the charter of 1701. Anthony Morris, the hus- band of Mary Smith Pemberton, was b. Feb. 10, 1766, d. Nov. 3, 1860; he established himself in business as a merchant in Phila., and in the meantime, July 27, 1787, was admitted to the Phila. bar. He was elected to the State Senate at an early age, and in 1793, succeeded Samuel Powell as Speaker, being the third to fill that position, under the constitution of 1790; from 1813 to 1815 he was United States Minister to Spain.

Anthony and Mary Smith ( Pemberton) Morris had four children, three of whom married, two daughters, and a son, James Pemberton Morris. Phineas Pemberton Morris, an able lawyer, who d. March 1, 1888, was a son of the latter.

JOHN PEMBERTON, third surviving son of Israel and Rachel (Read) Pemberton, born in Philadelphia, November 25 (or 27), 1727, like his brothers engaged in mercantile pursuits in his native city, and attained a large degree of success. He was also a conspicuous Quaker, rather more so, indeed, than either of his brothers. John Pemberton devoted much of his life to religious work, largely abroad. He made three voyages to Europe, in 1750-82-94, spending several years in Great Britian, Holland and Germany, preaching and proselyting in those countries. He published numerous journals and accounts of his travels and services in foreign lands, mainly in the "Friends' Miscellany."

In 1783, while returning from England in the ship "Apollo," Dr. Benjamin Barton, the eminent naturalist, was a fellow passenger, and has left us a very interesting account of a series of conversations with John Pemberton on ship- board, in which the latter furnished much valuable information concerning old Philadelphia and old Philadelphians.

In 1777, John Pemberton, being, like his brothers, a non-combatant, and open in his opposition to the belligerent position taken by the popular party in Phila- delphia, was subjected to arrest, imprisonment and exile with his two brothers and other leading Quakers. His journal containing an account of his experiences dur- ing the exile in Virginia is extant. Sabine, in his "Loyalists of the American Revolution," says of John Pemberton, "His offense was the publication of a sedi- tious paper in behalf of certain persons in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, which attracted the attention of Congress."

John Pemberton married Hannah Zane, but had no issue. He died January 31, 1795, at Pyrmont, Westphalia, Germany, during his last religious journey. abroad. He left, we are told, a large estate, much of which he gave by his will to several charitable, benevolent and religious organizations, with which he had been asso- ciated, and for the purpose of aiding in the formation of like organizations. Under the will of his father, John Pemberton inherited "Clarke Hall," and he made it his residence during his lifetime; his widow continuing to live there some time after his death. The mansion, however, was much larger than was necessary for her accommodation, and she withdrew to the western portion, and the eastern

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portion was rented to the United States Treasury Department, and was occupied in 1795-96 by Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury, and his staff. It re- mained in that tenancy until the removal of the Federal government to the city of Washington.

JOSEPH PEMBERTON, son of Israel Pemberton, Jr., and his wife, Sarah Kirk- bride, born in 1745, married, June 2, 1767, Ann, daughter of Joseph and Ann Galloway, of West River, Anne Arundel county, Maryland; granddaughter of Samuel and Anne (Webb) Galloway, of the same place ; and great-granddaughter of Richard Galloway, who was in America about 1650. She was a cousin of Joseph Galloway, the famous Bucks county Loyalist of the Revolutionist.

Though both Joseph Pemberton and his wife came of strict Quaker families, they appear to have renounced the plain dress of their ancestors, as attested by two handsome oil paintings of them now in possession of their grandson, Henry Pemberton, which show them attired in the height of the mode of their day. It was in their time, too, that the name of Pemberton first appeared on the list of the Philadelphia Dancing Assemblies.

Issue of Joseph and Ann (Galloway) Pemberton:

Sarah Pemberton, b. July 23. 1769, d. April 11, 1797, unm .;

Ann Pemberton, b. Aug. 27, 1770, d. May 12, 1841, unm .;

Israel Pemberton, b. Nov. 16, 1771, d. Nov. 29, 1784;

Joseph Pemberton, b. Feb. I, 1774, d. April 3, 1809, unm .; Charles Pemberton, b. Feb. 2, 1776, d. Jan. 29, 1788;

Mary Pemberton, b. July 8, 1778, d. April 7, 1803, unm .;

Elizabeth Pemberton, b. Dec. 27, 1780; m. Henry L. Waddell;

. JOHN PEMBERTON, b. April 9, 1783; m. Rebecca Clifford; of whom presently.

JOHN PEMBERTON, youngest son of Joseph and Ann (Galloway) Pemberton, born April 9, 1783, died January 12, 1847; was, in 1812, the only male descendant of Phineas Pemberton, bearing the name. He was sometime Collector of the Port of Philadelphia. He married, July 15, 1812, Rebecca, born January 1, 1792, daughter of John and Anna (Rawle) Clifford, of Philadelphia.

Issue of John and Rebecca (Clifford) Pemberton:

Israel Pemberton, b. May II, 1813, d. s. p., Sept. 13, 1885;

JOHN CLIFFORD PEMBERTON, b. Aug. 10, 1814; m. Martha O. Thompson; of whom pres- ently;

ANNA CLIFFORD PEMBERTON, b. May 17, 1816; m. Samuel L. Hollingsworth, M. D .; of whom later;

Mary Pemberton, b. Feb. 5, 1818, d. Sept. 25, 1820;

REBECCA CLIFFORD PEMBERTON, b. April 22, 1820; m. Charles Newbold; of whom later; Mary Pemberton, b. May 8, 1822, d. Dec. 13, 1848, unm .;

Henry Segeant Pemberton, b. June 23, 1824, d. May 21. 1825;

HENRY PEMBERTON, b. Feb. 1I, 1826; m. (first) Caroline T. Hollingsworth; (second) Agnes Williams;

Frances Pemberton, b. Nov. 12, 1827, d. July 17, 1858, unm .;

Sarah Pemberton b. Aug. 23, 1829, d. July 17, 1847, unm .;

Andrew Jackson Pemberton, b. Aug. 8, 1831, was a member of the First Troop Phila- delphia City Cavalry, and served in the Civil War with that organization, afterwards obtaining the rank of Captain in one of the three-year regiments. During the latter part of his life he resided in New York City, but died in Phila., unm .;

Clifford Pemberton, b. March 30, 1835, d. May 6, 1897; also went to the Civil War as a member of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry; he m. April 29, 1862, Helen Augusta Ann Fryer, and had issue :

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Helen Clifford Pemberton, b. March 18, 1863, d. July 17, 1896, unm .; Rebecca Clifford Pemberton, m. Hobart A. Hare, M. D., of Phila .; Mary Pemberton, m. Alfred Thornton Baker; John Pemberton, b. Sept. 14, 1873, d. Feb. 23, 1900, unm .; Augusta Pemberton, m. Harry Ellwood Keller;

Frances Rawle Pemberton, m. Francis Cadwallader Dade, Jr.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN CLIFFORD PEMBERTON, C. S. A., second son of John and Rebecca (Clifford) Pemberton, born in Philadelphia, August 10, 1814, died at Penllyn, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1881. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy, on his own application, by President Jackson, who had been a friend of his father. After his graduation in 1837, he was assigned to the Fourth Artillery, and served against the Indians in Florida in 1837-9, and on the northern frontier during the Canada border disturbances in 1840-2. He was pro- moted First Lieutenant March 19, 1842, and was on garrison duty until the Mexi- can War, during which he served with credit as aide to Gen. Worth, receiving the brevet as Captain for gallantry at Monterey, and that of Major for services at Molino del Rey. At the close of the war he was presented with a sword by citi- zens of Philadelphia, and was thanked, with other Pennsylvania officers by resolu- tion of the Legislature of that State.

He was promoted Captain, September 16, 1850, took part in operations against the Seminole Indians in 1849-50, and 1856-7, and served at Fort Leavenworth during the Kansas troubles, and in the Utah expedition of 1858. At the beginning of the Civil War he was ordered from Fort Ridgely, Minnesota, to Washington, and after his arrival there, in spite of the personal efforts of Gen. Winfield Scott to prevent him, resigned his commission and was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of Virginia State Troops, to date from April 28, 1861. He was intrusted with the organizing of the artillery and cavalry of the state and became Colonel on May 8, 1861. On June 15, 1861, he was made Major of Artillery in the C. S. A., and two days later Brigadier General. On February 13, 1852, he was promoted Major General and at the request of Gen. Robert E. Lee, whom he succeeded, was appointed to command the department that included South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, with headquarters at Charleston. Here he strengthened the harbor de- fences, planning and beginning Fort Wagner and Battery B, and planting sub- marine obstructions. On October 13, 1862, he was promoted to Lieutenant Gen- eral, and assigned to the charge of the department that comprised Mississippi, Tennessee and eastern Louisiana, with headquarters at Jackson, Mississippi. Pemberton's operations around Vicksburg and his defense of that city against Gen. Grant, are described in all histories of the Civil War of any note. After his surrender of the city and garrison of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, he returned on parole to Richmond, where he remained until he was duly exchanged. After his exchange, finding no command that was commensurate with his rank, he resigned and was reappointed as Inspector of Ordinance, with the rank of Colonel, in which capacity he served until the close of the war. He then retired to a country estate near Warrenton, Virginia, but in 1876 returned to Philadelphia, which was the home of his brothers and sisters, two of the former having served on the Union side in the late conflict. In the spring of 1881 his health began to fail, and he removed, with the hope of benefiting it, to Penllyn, Montgomery county, Penn- sylvania, where he died July 13, 1881.

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Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol. I, Part 40

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed; Jordan, Wilfred, b. 1884, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: New York, NY : Lewis Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 710

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed; Jordan, Wilfred, b. 1884, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, NY : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 710