History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 114

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1162

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The plea of the commonwealth was conducted by H. H. Van Amringe, Esq., and the prisoner was defended by Townsend Haines and Thomas S. Bell, Esqrs. The jury were Daniel Baugh, Abraham Vernon, William Cooper, Thomas S. Woodward, Pennock Passmore, Richard Fell, Isaac Miller, William Taggart, John Zook, James Miles, Jonathan Paxson, and David Walton.

Patience McEuen was afterwards tried and acquitted.

4. Jabez Boyd (white) was tried at July Sessions, 1845, before Hon. Thomas S. Bell, president, and associate judges Jesse Sharp and Thomas Jones, for the murder of Wesley Patton, a youth of about fourteen years of age .. John Hickman, Esq., was then deputy attorney-general for the county and conducted the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Joseph J. Lewis and Joseph Hemphill,

Esqrs. The jury were Samuel S. Entriken, Thomas Mackey, John Phillips, George Ubill, Samuel Beaver, Jr., Jonathan Booth, Michael Myers, Henry Detwiler, William Pusey, James Plumley, William Cochran, and James Jones.

He was sentenced Ang. 8, 1845, and executed by Sheriff J. B. Wood, in the present prison-yard, on Friday, Nov. 21st of the same year.

5. George Pharoah (white), a youth of about nineteen years of age, and nephew of Jabez Boyd, was tried at Jan- uary Sessions, 1851, before Hon. Henry Chapman and as- sociates, Nimrod Striekland and Samuel Shafer, for the murder of Rachel Sharpless, a school-teacher, at Rocky Hill, in East Goshen township. The prosecution was conducted by District Attorney Paschall Woodward, Esq., and the de- fense by William Butler and Joseph J. Lewis, Esqrs. The jury were George P. McFarlan, John Ewing, Joseph B. Pennypacker, Samuel Pennington, Thomas Humes, Thomas Elwell, Addis M. Ayars, Jacob Chrisman, Walker Yarnall, Reuben Chalfant, John Vanderslice, and Levis H. James.

The defendant was sentenced Feb. 12, 1851, and executed by Davis Bishop, sheriff, Friday, Ang. 29th of the same year.

6. Lewis Green (colored), indicted with his brother, Richard Green, was tried at August Sessions, 1861, before Hon. Townsend Haines, president, and associate judges William Wollerton and Robert Parke, for the murder of Jacob Marks, or March, a peddler, generally known as " Dutch Jake," near Mortonville.

Wayne MaeVeagh, Esq., district attorney, prosecuted the case, and the defense was conducted by John J. Pinkerton and William Darlington, Esqrs. He was sentenced Nov. 1, 1861, and executed by Sheriff Jacob Heffelfinger, on Friday, March 7, 1862. The jury impaneled in the case were Joseph Pennock, Samuel Troth, Cadwalader Sup- plee, Pennock Palmer, Isaac Pawling, John M. Zook, Ben- jamin Orin, William P. Osborne, Brinton Jones, Pennock Marshall, Joseph Sheeder, and Edward Hicks.

The trial of Richard Green was postponed by the court on account of his ill health, and he died in prison before the time fixed for his trial.

7. George Grant (colored) was tried at October Sessions, 1871, before Hon. William Butler, president, and Benja- min J. Passmore, associate judge, for the murder of Mrs. Amanda Spence, also colored, in West Chester. The prose- cution was conducted by George F. Smith, Esq., district attorney, and the prisoner was defended by Nimrod Strick- land and William B. Waddell, Esqrs. The jury selected to try the case were Robert S. Scott, Jolin Y. Latta, John Gilfillan, Charles W. Chambers, Pennock E. Marshall, Jo- seph H. Pyle, John R. Hayes, Richard W. Schrack, Wil- liam P. Marshall, Amos Snyder, Frederick Guss, and Wil- liam S. Harlan. He was convicted Nov. 4, 1871, and sentenced Jan. 31, 1872, after argument on a motion for a new trial, which was not granted. The case was taken to the Supreme Court on behalf of the defendant, where, after a hearing, the sentence was affirmed. The death-warrant was issued by the Governor Sept. 13, 1872, and he was executed, under the supervision of Sheriff Davis Gill, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1872.

8. William Eachus Udderzook was tried at October Ses-

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sions, 1873, before Hon. William Butler, president, and his associates, Benjamin J. Passmore and Joel Hawley, for the murder of Winfield Scott Goss. The murder was . committed on the 1st day of July, 1873, in West Fallow- field township, at a point near the Gap and Newport turn- pike, between Cochranville and Atglen, known as Baer's woods.

Udderzook and his victim, Goss, were brothers in-law, they having married sisters. They entered into a conspir- acy to defraud certain life insurance companies, and for that purpose Goss obtained insurances on his life in several com- panies in favor of his wife, aggregating $25,000. A dead body was then secretly introduced by the conspirators into a frame shop in which Goss worked by himself near Balti- more, and the building fired and burned to the ground. Goss then disappeared, and it was given out that he was last seen in the building, and search being made among the ruins, the body of a man was found, which was pronounced by Udderzook to be that of the missing man, and it was interred as such.

Udderzook then made the preliminary proofs as to its identity in order to obtain the insurance for the wife, but payment was refused by the companies, they not being sat- isfied that the body found was that of Goss. Suit was then brought against one of them, in the prosecution of which Udderzook was active. While the litigation was pending, the insurance companies instituted inquiries with such success that they discovered that a man believed to be Goss had been hiding, under the assumed name of A. C. Wilson, at different places in Delaware and Montgom- ery Counties, Pa., and Newark, N. J., and they endeav- ored to effect his arrest. It was found impossible to keep Goss much longer concealed, and Udderzook, fearing for his own safety in the event of the arrest of Goss, and to prevent the discovery of the fraud, determined to take the life of his companion in crime. He accordingly decoyed him to Jennerville, in Chester County, and there took him in a carriage at nightfall, ostensibly to go to Atglen, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and while passing Baer's woods, about two miles south of the latter place, killed him by stabbing, and buried the body in the woods, near to the highway. Ten days later the body was discovered, and sus- pieion lighting upon Udderzook as being the murderer, he was arrested and tried as above stated.

The prosecution was conducted by Abraham Wanger, district attorney, and William M. Hayes, Esqs., and the prisoner was defended by Joseph F. Perduc, Wayne MacVeagh, and Milton Whitney, Esqs., the last named of Baltimore. The jury were John W. Morton, Edward S. Wilson, Isaac Kolb, Daniel B. Latshaw, John L. Hood, Joseph Glisson, W. Worthington Entriken, M. Shaner Chrisman, George A. Mercer, Robert L. Hayes, George P. Caley, and Arnold M. Nichols. He was convicted Nov. 9, 1873, and sentenced Dec. 13, 1873. The case was carried to the Supreme Court, where the sentence was affirmed, and he was executed by Davis Gill, sheriff, on Thursday, Nov. 12, 1874.

A report of the case will be found in P. F. Smith's Re- ports, vol. xxvi., page 340.

In the cases of Hannah Miller and Edward Williams,

the office of executioner was performed by persons specially employed by the sheriff for that purpose, who were dis- guised, so that it might not be known who they were. In the cases of all the others the law was executed by the sheriff or his regularly constituted deputies in person.

The following items, taken from the records, illustrative of the manner of caring for prisoners, the rate of turnkey's fees, and other customs of the early times, may be interest- ing to many :

"Chester County Dr. To Nathan Worley,

For maintaining Joseph Bivan from the 13th day of October, 1736, to the 2d day of July, 1737.

£ a. d.

To Turn Kee fees every capital crime. 0 10 0

To King's allowance 260 days @ 2d. per day .. 2 3 4

To fireing and cloathing for him all winter. 2 3 4

To taking 4 pair of Irons off him when he was Exe- cuted .. 0 60

To a shirt and a pair of Troweers for him when Ex-

ecuted-for he was naked. 0 10 0

5 12 8"

6mo. 26, 1747 .- William Hay charged 9s. for a double whipping of Patrick Collins, and (at the November term of court) 4s. 6d. for a whipping of John Malone in the goal. In 1750 the whipping of Elinor Simms was charged at the same rate. At the February term of court, 1750, Isaac Lea was allowed 2s. for new cording the county whips. Sept. 3, 1746, the county was " Dr. to Richard Weaver, for repairing the Pillory, to 18 foot and 10 inches of board, 1s. 7d. ; To 1} pound nails 1s. 6d. ; To work and diet 5s. 6d." The same person billed (1746) the "digging a grave for Wm. Watson 6s. ; " and John Caldwell received 12s. for his coffin. Ang. 26, 1747, brings in a bill for " erecting a new pillory and stocks in Chester, £4 6s. 2d .; to iron work for the stocks 15s. 6d .; to changing bars in the prison-yard and materials for same 16s. 1d."

As before stated, James Rice and Thomas Kelley were hung for murder in 1752. Isaac Pearson, for getting Rice from Philadelphia to the Chester gaol, was allowed, to wit :

£ s. d.

To expenses ...

0 17 8

" three assistants

0 15 0

" horse hire for prisoner. 2 6

" five ferriages. 0 1 8

" care, attendance, &o. 0 10 0

Total 2 6 10

The cost of Rice's execution was :

To cash paid the executioner. 5 0

" erecting gallows, making coffin, digging grave, cash for a cart, assistance about the funeral, &c. 0 20

Total 6

As the costs in Kelley's case were the same, the above may be taken as the established fees at that period.

8mo. 26, 1753 .- Isaac Pidgeon, a prisoner for debt, Dyed and £1 was allowed for liquors and candles to two men who took turns by night to attend him in his last sick- ness. In a bill allowed, 12mo., 1753, to William White- side, was the item, " to making a brand to burn ye boy in ye hand, 1s.," being the boy in jail for burning a barn. Ye 11th of 8th mo., 1769, Nehemiah Davis was allowed 7s. for a Cat Whip for the work-house. Sept. 17, 1768, Timothy Keough received of Sheriff John Morton £8 for

FITADE

RESIDENCE OF RICHARD PETERSON, TREDYFFRIN.

"MEADOW BROOK." RESIDENCE OF SARAH P. PENNOCK, WEST MARLBOROUGH.

"PINE HALL." RESIDENCE OF JOSEPH PENNOCK, WEST MARLBOROUGH.

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executing John Dowdle and Thomas Vaughn (for the murder of Thomas Sharp), and John Caldwell £2 5s. for their two coffins.

In September, 1786, Predy Kimber, who aspired to be the first court crier at the Turk's Head, or West Chester, sent his petition "to the Honorable the Justices of the Courts of General Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas of the County of Chester" for appointment to the office. Notwithstanding his fitness for the position was certified by over one hundred of the best names of the county, his application was " rejected."

Nathan Worley, who is elsewhere mentioned, seems to have been almost entirely occupied in labors connected with the courts, or in the care of malefactors, and we find him even making staves for the use of the constables of the county.

"Chester County to Natban Worley Dr May 1745.

£ 8.

To makeing fifty Constables Staves @ 18. > peace 2 10

" primeing them ready for painting ye Kings Coat of Arms .. 1 5

" painting the Kings Coat of Arms On sª Staves 38. 6d. H

8 15

Errors Excepted

12 0

NATHAN WORLEY."

HOUSE OF CORRECTION AND WORK-HOUSE.

The house of correction, or work-house, of Chester County was erected pursuant to an act of the Provincial Assembly, passed Feb. 22, 1717, one section of which provided that the establishment for the use of Chester County should be built within . the space of three years after March 25, 1721-2, which was probably done.

Nathan Worley was appointed keeper of the house of correction, or work-house, by the court, with the consent of thie commissioners and assessors of the county, " for the term of one year, if he behave himself well, which sª time is to commence on the 25th day of March next [1731], and that the burgesses of said borough [Chester] shall from time to time give such directions therein as they may adjudge proper." He continued to act until 1738, when Thomas Giffing was appointed his successor. Very gen- eral repairs of the work-house must have occurred upon his advent, judging from the following bill, allowed him Aug. 26, 1738:

£ 8. d.

To my trouble and hiring hands to clean out the work-bouse

10 0

" cash paid Nathan Worley for 2 malls. 0 2 0

carpenter for mending ye petitions 0 2 0

Martin Rartin 0 1

Robt. Wade for 4 blocka @ 28. 0 8 0

" fixing large room up stairs. 0 2 6

padlock for lower work room 0 1

" fees for Nicholas Crosswell being committed in the work-bouse by Justice Cowpland & set at liberty ye 3d day was a Vagabond 0 2 10

20 6

At the ensuing November term of the court there was a struggle for the keepership, Nathan Worley "having now returned to keep the common Gaol," being one of the contestants ; his petition was indorsed " not allowed," and that of Richard Weaver " allowed." The petition of David Skinner was referred to the Quarter Sessions in 1763, but being "not allowed," William Owen was appointed "to enter 5th April." He either did not enter upon his duties

or remained but a short time, as the application of John Whitehead, 31st May, 1763, recites that " your petitioner is informed that the Work House or House of Correction is at present vacant and without a Keeper." He was ap- pointed. In 1766, Joseph Robinet applied for the post, but whether he was allowed or not we do not know, nor who the late ineumbent may have been when, in the spring of 1769, Thomas Pedrick, Jr., petitioned for appointment. He states in his application " That the workhouse of the sª County has for this some time been vacant. That the per- son last appointed . . . having absconded from his resi- dence therein, That the sª work house has for a considerable time past been very ill kept (as is very well known to your Honours), who for that reason thought proper to discharge a former work house keeper from his trust," etc. Evidently this arm of the civil service in Chester County was not very well managed.

Joseph Robinet served as deputy keeper in the years 1735 and 1736, under Nathan Worley.

OLD JAIL AND COUNTY PRISON.

The first jail at West Chester was located in the rear of the court-house, and completed in 1786. It was in use until the new (the present) structure was built.

Alexander Marshall, one of our oldest citizens, writes thus in reference to this building :

" There are many reminiscences clustered around the old jail that may be interesting to some of your readers,-when the sheriff, in ad- dition to the duties pertaining to that office, was warder, jailer, and tavern-keeper. The bar-room was located between the office and debtor's apartment. In those days it was a crime to be poor, and if a man had no gooda for the constable to levy on and sell, he (the con- stable) was commanded to seize on the body and deliver him to the county jail, there to be kept until set free by due course of law. Hia wife and children were deprived not only of his society but of his earnings likewise. This relic of barbarism has been wiped out for- ever I trust.

" At one end of the bar-room was an iron-grated door that opened into the debtors' apartment, through the lattice-work of which many a glass of whisky was handed in and drunk by the inmates, purchased by their more fortunate friends. Tobacco was handed in in the same way.

"The sheriff was a licensed tavern-keeper, and it was a popular place for jurors to board during court. I remember that when a boy of eight or nine years old, my father had to attend court as a juror. I weot with him some fourteen miles on a separate borse to lead back the horse on which he rode. We fed the horses at the Green Tree tavern, which was small in proportion to what it is now. My father boarded with the sheriff as the most honorable hotel in the place, and I was shown around the town to see the sights before court called.

" I remember an instance reported in the newspapers a few years Jater. Some one who had imbibed a little too freely made some re- mark in the sheriff's office that insulted the dignity of that officer. The aberiff knocked him down, and the matter was brought into court, the sheriff found guilty and sentenced, in addition to a fine and cost, to close confinement in his office for thirty days.

" The law was subsequently altered to prevent sheriffs and justices of the peace from keeping tavern."

The county prison-the new structure-dates from 1838. April 28th of that year the county commissioners-Alex- ander Correy, Elijah Lewis, and John Beitler-let the building of the new county prison to William Ingram and Chalkley Jefferis for the sum of $35,949, to be erected upon the lot at the northeast corner of Market and New Streets, in the borough of West Chester, according to a plan for solitary confinement and labor of convicts fur-

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nished by the architect, Thomas U. Walter. The original cost was as follows :

1838 .- Lot and deed $1,410.00

1838-40 .- Pd. Ingram & Jefferis for building ...

35,949.00

1840 .- Thos. Dolhy, et al., digging wells, pumps, etc. 162.82

1840 .- Thes. U. Walter, architect ..

1,500.00

$39,021,82

The additions, alterations, and repairs since then have been as follows :

1854

$209.07

1868

$671.67

1855

517.73

1869

297.66

1856

1,331.20

1870%

4,148.72

1857

172.11

1871+

12,588.54

1858.

463.85

1872

1,414.94

1859

159.76

1873

842.30

1860

641.28

1874

2,095.46

1861

275.37

1875.

1,935.86

1862

61.50

1876

3,366.24

1863

65,08

1877

856.25

1864

528.88 1878

1,610.68

1865

33.65

1879

643.23

1866

1,029.61

1880

470.16

1867

128.34

The keepers of this prison have been Robert Irwin, 1839-53; Christian Peterman, 1853-54; Benjamin F. Haines, 1854-74; Washington Hagerty, 1874 to the present.

NATURALIZATION.

The naturalization of such of the early settlers of the American colonics as were emigrants from any country except Great Britain and its dependencies, was accomplished by special legislation of the colonial Assembly up to about the year 1740, from which time it was done by the Su- preme Conrt. (See Pennsylvania Archives, 2d series, ii.) The following are the names of some, mostly of this county, who were naturalized from 1709 to 1771 :

. Sept. 28, 1709 .- Rienier Van der Sluys and Adrian, his son.

March 5, 1725-26 .- Bernhard Vanleer.

1730 .- Christian Mary, Casper Acker, Johannes Roth, Jacob Acker. 1738 .- George Donat, Garret Brownback.

September, 1740 .- John George Vanleer; John Bartholomew, John George Hoffman, Jacob Hoffman, Philadelphia County.

April, 1741 .- Conrad Niedermardt.

April, 1743 .- Mathias Ringer, George Shultz, Philadelphia County ; Sebastian Wagoner, Christian Brower, Johannes Brewer, Nicholas Haldeman, Jacob Bussart, Peter Ash, Jacob Engars, Johannes Engars, Jost Engar, Jacob Bach, Johannes Steiner, George Reezer, Andreas Hoffman, Johannes Shinholeer.

April, 1744 .- Nicholas Carver.

April 11, 1749 .- Daniel Hister, Philadelphia County.

April 12, 1750 .- John Stoner, Peter Engle, Christian Perry, Andrew Heit, Roderick Smith, Henry Bear.

Sept. 25, 1751 .- George Larow.

April 10, 1757 .- Jacob Ehrenzeller.

April 10, 1760 .- George Hartman.

April, 1761 .- Michael Deny, Michael Sifert.

September, 1761 .- George Adam Ileilman, John Gruber.

Sept. 24, 1762 .- John Melford, Caspar Melford.

April 11, 1763 .- George Martin, Charlestown ; Jacob Longenscre, Susannah Longenacre, Coventry. Sept. 24, 1763 .- Peter Pechin, Haverford.

September, 1764 .- Christopher Knower, Burkhard Becktel, East Nantmel; Godfried Towenhower, Coventry.

April 10, 1765 .- Adam Richards, East Caln.

Sept. 24, 1766 .- John Carr, Whiteland ; Philip Super, Haverford.

* This includes an item of $2470.50 for a lot purchased of Joseph P. Wilson for $4770, part of which was sold in 1871 to M. B. Hick- man & Co. for $2300, leaving the real addition as above given, $2470.50.

+ The prison enlarged by an addition this year.

1767 .- John Paul, Vincent; Henry Shenckell, Coventry; Jacob Schuster, Nantmel; Henry Shaver, Charlestown.

September, 1768 .- Jacob Stork, Ridley.

Sept. 24, 1770 .- Wendel Dantfaltzer, Peter Wenger, Nantmel; George Granss, Coventry.

Sept. 24, 1771 .- Christopher Ricks, East Caln.

WITCHCRAFT IN CHESTER COUNTY.

Superstition in the early days seems not to bave been confined to Salem, whose witches so much exercised the Puritans of New England. The imaginary crime of witch- craft at that time ranked among the most heinous, and hence was only tried by the superior courts. The parties concerned in the celebrated witch trial, which occurred before the proprietary, William Penn, and his Council, at Philadelphia, Feb. 27, 1684, resided near the mouth of Crum Creek, were in good circumstances, and, for aught that is known to the contrary, were quite as respectable as their accusers. The following is the record of the trial, copied from the published minutes of the Council :

" Margaret Matson's Indictmt was read, and she pleads not Guilty, and will be tryed by the Country.

"Lasse Cock attested Interpriter between the Propor and the Pris- oner at the Barr.

"The Petty Jury Impanneled ; their names are as followed :- Jno Hasting, foreman, Albertus Hendrickson, Robt. Piles, Robt. Wade, Nath. Evans, Edwd. Carter, Wm. Hewes, Jer : Collet, Jno. Kinsman, Jno. Gibbons, Walter Martin, Edwd. Bezar.

" Henry Drystreet, attested, saith he was tould 20 years ago, that the Prisoner at the Barr was a Witch, and that several cows were be- witcht by her ; also that James Saunderling's mother tould him that she bewitcht her cow, but afterwards said it was a mistake, and that ber cow should doe well againe, for it was not ber cow but another Persons that should dye.

" Charles Ashcom, attested, saith that Anthony's Wife being asked why she sould her cattle; was because her mother had Bewitcht them, having taken the Witchcraft of Hendrick's Cattle, and put it on their oxen; she myght keep but noe other Cattle, and also that one night the Daughter of ye Prisoner called him up bastely, and when he came she sayed there was a great Light but just before, and an old woman with a knife in her hand at ye Bedd's feet, and therefore she cryed out and desired Jno. Symcock to take away his Calves, or Else she would send them to Hell.

"James Claypool attested interpritor betwixt the Propr and the Prisoner.

"The sffidavid of Jno. Vanculin read, Charles Ashcom being a witness to it.

"Annakey Coolin, attested, ssith her husband tooke the Heart of a Calf that Dyed, as they thought, by Witchtcraft, and Boyld it, where- upon the Prisoner at ye Barr came in and asked them what they were doing; they said boyling of flesh; she said they had better they had Boyled the Bones, with several other unseemly Expressions.

"Margaret Mattson saith that she values not Drystreet's evidence; but if Sanderlin's mother had come, she would have answered her ; also denyeth Charles Ashcoms attestation at her soul, and saith, where is my daughter; let her come and say so.

" Annskey Cooling's attestation about the Gees, saying she was never out of her Conon, and also that she never said any such things concerning the calve's heart.

"Jno. Cock sttested, sayth he knows nothing of the matter.

"The : Baldings attestation was read, and Tho: Bracy attested, saith it is a true copy.

"The prisoner denyeth all things, and saith that ye Witnesses speaks only by hear say.

" After wch ye Govr gave the Jury their Charge concerning ye Pris- oner at ye Barr.

"The Jury went forth, and upon their Returne Brought her in Guilty of haveing the Comon fame of a Witch, but not Guilty in manner and forme as Shce Stands Indicted.

"Neels Matson and Antho. Neelson enters into Recognizance of fifty pounds a piece for the good behaviour of Margaret Matson for six months."

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The Proprietary's charge has not been preserved, but it may be presumed that it was upon his suggestions that the jury based their very righteous, but rather ridiculous, verdict.

A few years later the Friends of Concord Monthly Meeting became greatly concerned about some young per- sons of Chichester township, who were engaged in the study of astrology and other arts, which they regarded as very dangerous. Their serious gravity in treating the matter, and their persistency in attempts to convince the offenders that it was evil,-" a reproach of truth and the great hurt of themselves,"-is quite remarkable. We extract from the records of Concord Monthly Meeting, commencing with the date of 9, 11, 1695 :

"Some friends haveing a concern upon them Concerning some young men weh came amongst friends to their meetings and following some arts which friends thought not fit for such as profest truth to follow, viz., astroligy and other arts; whareupon it was stated to this meeting Concerning Astroligy and other sciences, as Geomancy and Chiromancy and Neoromancy &c. It was debated and the sense of thia meeting is that the study of these sciencea brings a vaile over the understanding and a death upon the Life.

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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 114

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928 Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts Number of Pages: 1162

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1162