History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 169

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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(1) Henry married, 10, 20, 1692, at Bartholomew Cop- pock's house in Springfield, Mary Taylor, daughter of Rob- ert Taylor, of Springfield, and had issue,-5. Isaac, b. 3, 5, 1694 ; 6. Mary, b. 2, 5, 1696, died young ; 7. John, b. 3, 23, 1697 ; 8. Sarah, b. 10, 11, 1698; 9. Margaret, b. 9, 17, 1700, m. Isaac Price; 10. Mary, b. 10, 16, 1702, m. Thomas Philips ; 11. Hannah, b. 7, 21, 1704.

(7) John Lewis, of Haverford, mason, married, 1725, Katharine Roberts, daughter of Abel and Mary Roberts, of Radnor, born 8, 28, 1702. Issue .- 12. Abel, b. 8, 12, 1726, d. 1766; 13. Mary, b. 11, 1, 1728, m. Benjamin Davis; 14. Samuel, b. -; 15. Rachel, b. 12, 19, 1734, m. - - McCulloch; 16. John, b. 5, 31, 1737 ; 17. Evan, b. 4, 13, 1740; 18. Elizabeth, b. 7, 9, 1743, m. - - Tucker.

(12) Abel had children,-Joseph, Abel, and John.

(14) Samuel Lewis, son of John, of Radnor, married, 2, 7, 1759, Catharine Richards, daughter of Samuel, of Tredy- ffrin, and had children,-Samuel, Henry, Jacob, Isaac, John (b. 9, 9, 1772, d. 9, 24, 1851), Jehu, Catharine, Mary, Elizabeth, and Beulah.

(16) John Lewis, son of John, of Radnor, married, 3, 3, 1773, Mary Thomas, daughter of David and Anna (Noble) Thomas, of Providence, Philadelphia Co., who left one son, Abel ; married second, 11, 28, 1775, at Pikeland Meeting, Grace Meredith, daughter of John and Grace, of Vincent, born 1, 24, 1745, died 2, 3, 1823. In 1777, John and Grace brought a certificate from Gwynedd Monthly Meeting to Uwchlan, and settled in Vincent. Their children were,-19. Ann, b. 8, 27, 1776, m. Jona- than Thomas ; 20. Hannah, b. 5, 28, 1779, d. 1856; 21. John, b. 3, 29, 1781, d. 2, 5, 1824 ; 22. Mary, b. 4, 10, 1783, d. 9, 29, 1823.

Abel Lewis, son of the first wife, married - Robin- son, and had six children.

(17) Evan Lewis married, 10, 31, 1770, at Newtown Meeting, Esther Massey, daughter of Thomas and Sarah, of Willistown, born 12, 15, 1740-1, died 2, 13, 1773; married second, 12, 20, 1774, at Pikeland Meeting, Jane Meredith, daughter of John and Grace, of Vincent. Is- sue .- 23. Thomas, b. 10, 31, 1771, d. 9, 7, 1827 ; 24. Sarah, b. 11, 29, 1772; 25. Enoch, b. 1, 29, 1776, d. 7, 14, 1856 ; 26, Elijah, b. 5, 2, 1778, d. 9, 2, 1861; 27. Abner, b. 11, 21, 1779 ; 28. Evan, b. 8, 19, 1782; 29. Jane, b. 8, 15, 1786.

(21) John Lewis married, 9, 10, 1818, at Little Falls Meeting, Md., Esther Fussell, daughter of Bartholomew and Rebecca, born at Hatboro', Pa., 3, 18, 1782, died in Chester County, 2, 8, 1848. After her marriage she re-

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turned to the home of her husband in West Vincent. "She was a woman of remarkable solidity of character, and she exercised a commanding and beneficcot influence com- mensurate with her rare ability and intelligence. In the community in which she lived, her well-balanced judgment caused her advice to be sought and accepted by brothers, sisters, friends, neighbors, and dependants. Her life was one of distinguished usefulness and worth. It was she who so powerfully influenced her brother, Dr. Bartholomew Fussell, in his determination to secure the medical educa- tion of women."-Dawson Genealogy.

They had five children, all born in Chester County : Mariann, b. 6, 6, 1819, d. in West Vincent, 1866; Re- becca, b. 6, 10, 1820, m. Edwin Fussell ; Graceanna, b. 8, 3, 1821, unmarried ; Charles, b. 9, 11, 1822, d. 10, 18, 1823 ; Elizabeth R., b. 1, 15, 1824, d. 10, 10, 1863.

In the history of the " Underground Railroad," it is said of Mariann, Graceanna, and Elizabeth R. that they " were among the most faithful, devoted, and quietly efficient workers in the anti-slavery cause, including that department of it which is the subject of this volume." Graceanna resides at Media, the home of her sister, Re- becca Fussell. She is a devoted student of natural history, and especially of ornithology, on which and kindred topics she has frequently delivered courses of lectures. She has in preparation for publication a comprehensive work on Natural History, based on the most advanced ideas of scientific thought.

(23) Thomas Lewis married Martha George, daughter of John and Sarah. She died 3, 2, 1836. Their children were John G., b. 8, 27, 1797, d. 12, 21, 1849 ; Evan, b. 2, 5, 1799, d. 4, 30, 1858 ; Elijah, b. 2, 5, 1799. His residence was near the scene of the " Christiana Riot," in which certain slave-owners lost their lives in the attempt to capture runaway slaves, and he was indicted for treason for declining to assist the former, but was acquitted. Josiah, b. 9, 1, 1803 ; Charles, b. 11, 5, 1807, d. 7, 18, 1826 ; Thomas, b. 9, 7, 1809, d. 4th mo. 1862.

(26) Elijah Lewis, of Radnor, married, 9, 19, 1799, Esther Massey, daughter of Thomas and Jane, of Willis- town, where he settled. Their children were Thomas M., Enos, Richard, Ann (married Jesse G. Hicks and Truman Yarnall), Jane (married Nathan Garrett), Sarah (married John Smedley), and Enos Montgomery Lewis.

RALPH LEWIS, with his wife, Mary, and family, emigrated from the parish of Illan, in Glamorganshire, and came over in company with John Bevan in 1683 or 1684, and settled in Haverford. He was a member of the Society of Friends by convincement, and the certificate brought with him at- tests the excellence of his character and the innocency of his life. His children who survived him were Mary, who married James, and Lydia, who married Joseph Sharpless, both sons of the immigrant John Sharpless ; Abraham, who married Mary, daughter of Anthony Morgan ; Thomas, who married Jane, daughter of Rees Meridith, of Radnor; Sarah, who married William, son of Richard Walters, of Merion; and Samuel, married to Phebe, daughter of Jo- siah Taylor, of Marple. Ralph Lewis died about 1710, and his wife six years earlier.

WILLIAM LEWIS, with his wife, Ann, came from

the parish of Illan, in Glamorganshire, Wales, about the year 1686, and settled in the northeastern part of Haver- ford township. He was a brother of Ralph Lewis. Their son David was married to Ann Jones, of Merion, in 1695. William Lewis removed to Newtown, where he and his wife died in the early part of 1708, within a few days of each other. They were both members of the religious Society of Friends, William being frequently called upon in the administration of the affairs of his mecting. Besides his son David, who settled on the mansion tract in Haverford, Wm. Lewis had three sons, viz. : Lewis, Evan, and William, and one daughter, Seaborn. Lewis married Mary Powell, of Bristol ; Evan, Mary, the daughter of Jonathan and Ann Hayes, of Marple; and William, Gwen Jones, of Gwynedd. Evan died in 1735, and William, the younger, in 1731. The daughter was born in 1686 at sea, and hence the name. All the sons but David settled in New- town.

ELLIS LEWIS was born in Wales about the year 1680. His father dying while he was quite young, his mother married Owen Roberts. They all appear to have been Quakers, and about the year 1698 made arrangements for migrating to Pennsylvania. They had proceeded so far as to forward their goods, but severe sickness of the family obliged them to remain. After being restored to health they did not carry out their original design, but removed to Mountmellick, Ireland, where they resided till 1708, when Ellis obtained a certificate from the meeting at that place and came to Pennsylvania. Being a Welshman he met with a kind reception from the Welsh Friends of Hav- erford, a number of whom were probably his relatives. The next year (1709) he removed within the bounds of Concord Meeting, and in 1713 was married to Elizabeth, the daughter of Nathaniel Newlin. In 1716 he removed to Kennet, and, his wife dying in 1723, he some time after- wards married Mary Baldwin. In 1749 he removed to Wilmington, and died 6, 31, 1750, aged seventy years. He is said to have been a man of good understanding, and was frequently concerned in settling differences among his neighbors. The Hon. Ellis Lewis, formerly chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, is said to be de- scended from him. His children were Robert, b. 1, 21, 1714; Mary, b. 1, 6, 1716, m. Joshua Pusey ; Nathaniel, b. 10, 11, 1717, d. 7, 1, 1751 ; Ellis, b. 3, 22, 1719.

WILLIAM LEWIS, son of Josiah Lewis, was born in Edgmont about the year 1748, on the farm since owned by Samuel L. Smedley. His mother it is believed was Martha Allen. His early years were passed in the rustie labors of the farm, but by industrious efforts at self-teaching he acquired a tolerably good English education, and then en- gaged in the study of law with Nicholas Waln, an eminent Quaker, and distinguished lawyer of Philadelphia. While a student he mastered enoughi Latin and French to enable him to read old entries and reports, and he did read them faithfully. His literary tincture is believed to have been light, probably scarcely amounting to what may be called the middle tincture,-now pretty common. He was some- thing of a purist in language, and very exact in pronuncia- tion. No man of his day knew the doctrines of the com- mon law better. He came to the Philadelphia bar before

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the adoption of the State constitution of 1776; was engaged in nearly all the important causes, particularly in cases of high treason, for which he had a special vocation and ca- pacity. In these causes he was uniformly on the side of the defendant. It may afford a distinct idea of his political sentiments to state that during the administrations of Wash- ington and John Adams, and continuously during life, Mr. Lewis was a thorough Federalist,-amusingly anti-Galli- can, and entirely anti-Jeffersonian. He was district judge of Pennsylvania from 1791 to 1792, when Judge Peters was appointed.

He was counsel for the petitioners, in 1794, against the election of Albert Gallatin to the U. S. Senate. "The fillet with which fiction covers the eyes of Justice to make her blind to the inequality of the parties is taken from her eyes, and her arms are pinioned with it. The old doctrine of contempt of court is an immense safeguard to trial by jury." William Lewis had his peculiarities with regard to the fashions of dress. He abominated the Gallican inven- tion, as he called it, of pantaloons, and stuck to knee- breeches all his life. Under the same prejudice, he adhered to hair-powder and a cue, because the French Revolution- ists had first rejected them from their armies.

He had a peculiarity in solemn speaking which never deserted him,-a lingering upon a few emphatic words, as if he could not get them out. He also had a habit of sounding certain monosyllables as if consisting of two syl- lables. Clear and plain were uttered as if written cul-lear and pul-lain. On one occasion, in court, he pronounced as follows : " And this, may it please your Honors, is as cul- lear and as pul-lain as that the devil is in Paris ; and that nobody can doubt." Mr. Lewis was an incessant smoker of cigars. He smoked at the fireplace and in the court- room ; he smoked in the court-library ; he smoked in his office ; he smoked in the street; he smoked in bed; and he would have smoked in church, if he had ever gone there.

The last cause he tried was in the spring of 1819, and he died in the month of August following. William Lewis was a very learned lawyer, fully awake to the elevation and dignity of his profession. He was a clear and logical reasoner, and of very vigorous mind, rising, at times, in his oral arguments to the highest eloquence of reason, though no man cultivated less the graces of oratory. He was, moreover, subtle, ingenious, full of resources, and perhaps as shining an advocate in a bad or doubtful cause as he was unquestionably able in a good one.

His residence in Philadelphia was on the east bank of the Schuylkill above Girard Avenne, now within Fairmount Park.

RICHARD BARNARD LEWIS was distinguished as a civil engineer. Entered the service of the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company in 1845, where he remained seven years. In 1852 he was appointed chief engineer of the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad. He was afterwards superintendent of the work of the Hoosac tunnel, but on account of the cli- matic effect upon his health he returned to Mississippi. In 1864 he returned to the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and was made superintendent of one of their branch roads, and was soon afterwards elected president of the Broad Top

Railroad. He resigned the latter position to accept the superintendency of the St. Louis and Vandalia Railroad. Mr. Lewis was selected by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany to assist Capt. Eads in the location of the St. Louis bridge. He built the Carthage branch of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad ; the Quincy, Alton and St. Louis Railroad to Louisiana, and the St. Joseph and Atchison Railroad.

Mr. Lewis was fond of literary pursuits and study, and yet his name is connected with much of the important civil engineering of the country, particularly in the South and West. He was born in Chester County about 1825, and died at his home, Quincy, Ill., about 1879. His life was unostentatious, though busy and successful, and he was dis- tinguished for his domestic and social virtues.

LLOYD, DAVID, a Welshman, and one of the most eminent of the early settlers of Pennsylvania, arrived at Philadelphia in 1686, and at first settled in that city, where he married Grace Growdon, a most estimable lady. By profession he was a lawyer, and William Penn, being well acquainted with his abilities and legal attainments, commis- sioned him the same year as attorney-general of the prov- ince. He was greatly in advance of his age in his views of good government, and particularly in a correct compre- hension of the rights of the governed. These he advocated with so much zeal and ability that he rarely failed in carry- ing his point. In opposing what were then called " the pro- prietary interests," but what often were nothing more than proprietary pretensions, he acquired the reputation, particu- larly with those in interest with the government, of being perverse and factious as a politician, but time has served to correct that judgment, for the instances are few indeed where the positions assumed and the arguments advanced by him would not be fully sustained and approved by the present age. His integrity and abilities were never ques- tioned.

Besides the office of attorney-general, he was deputy regis- ter-general under his Welsh friend, Thomas Ellis; deputy or clerk of the master of rolls ; was frequently a member of the Assembly, and Speaker of that body. In 1717 he re- ceived the appointment of chief justice of Pennsylvania, and continued to hold that office till his death. As a Quaker, David Lloyd was zealous and consistent, frequent in his attendance at the meetings of that society, and sometimes appearing in the ministry. The Welsh Friends, whose meetings he sometimes visited, submitted difficult ques- tions arising in church matters to his final determina- tion. In his family " he was exemplary, treating all about him with humanity, and choosing rather to be loved than feared."

In 1691 he purchased a large tract of land at Chester, embracing a considerable portion of what is now the im- proved part of the borough, but he did not remove to that place till about the year 1712. His only dwelling-house at Chester, now known as " the Commodore Porter house," was built by himself. He left no children, and few rela- tives in this country. He died 2, 6, 1731, aged seventy- five years. His wife survived him twenty-nine years. The remains of both repose in Friends' burial-ground at Chester.

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LIGHTFOOT, THOMAS, born about 1645, probably in Cambridgeshire; went thence to Ireland, and in 1716 came to New Garden, Chester Co. He removed to Darby town- ship shortly before his death, which occurred 9, 4, 1725. The name of his first wife is thought to be Mary, and that of his second Sarah, a widow. The children of his first wife were Catharine, who married James Miller; Michael ; William, who remained in Ireland; and Abigail, who mar- ried Joseph Wiley. By the second wife were Elizabeth, b. 1, 11, 1695-6, m. Arthur Jones ; Sarah, b. 5, 29, 1698, d. 1702; Samuel, b. 2, 5, 1701, d. 2, 26, 1777 ; Margaret, b. 12, 18, 1702, m. Isaac Starr; Jacob, b. 10, 16, 1706, m. Mary Bonsall, 3, 25, 1735.

Michacl Lightfoot, the eldest son, with Mary, his wife, and three children, came from Ireland in 1712, and settled in New Garden; afterwards removed to Philadelphia, and was provincial treasurer at the time of his death, 12, 3, 1754. His children were Sarah, b. 4, 30, 1707, m. John Hutton ; Elinor, b. 10, 16, 1708, m. Francis Parvin ; Mary, b. 1, 20, 1710-1, m. Samuel Clarke; Katharine, b. 6, 12, 1714; Thomas, b. 5, 16, 1716; William, b. 3, 22, 1720, m. Jane George.

Samuel Lightfoot married, 7, 30, 1725, Mary, daughter of Benjamin Head, of Chester, and afterwards settled in Pikeland. He was a surveyor. His children were Ben- jamin, b. 6, 28, 1726, also a surveyor ; Thomas, b. 2, 7, 1728, d. 10, 5, 1793 ; Samuel Abbott, b. 1, 7, 1729-30, d. 7, 30, 1759, at Pittsburgh ; William, b. 1, 20, 1732, d. 11, 25, 1797.

Thomas Lightfoot, Sr., was a prominent minister among Friends, as were also his daughter Catharine and son Michael.

LINDLEY, JAMES, with Eleanor, his wife, a sister of Thomas Parke, of East Caln, came from Ireland, and brought a certificate from Carlow Monthly Meeting to that of Newark, held 8, 3, 1713. He purchased 200 acres in New Garden in 1713, and 400 in Londongrove in 1722, in the deed for which he is styled a blacksmith. Thomas Lindley, a brother, perhaps, was a blacksmith in Philadel- phia, but owned land in Caln, which he sold to Thomas Parke.

The children of James and Eleanor Lindley were Thomas, b. 2, 25, 1706 ; Rachel, b. 5, 11, 1707 ; James, b. 4, 30, 1709; Margery ; Robert, b. 4, 30, 1712; Wil- liam, b. 12, 20, 1714, d. 10, 26, 1726; Alice, b. 2, 25, 1716; Mary, b. 9, 4, 1717; Jonathan, b. 3, 11, 1719, m. Deborah Halliday, 2, 15, 1741; Elizabeth, b. 8, 4, 1720 ; Hannah, b. 1, 11, 1723; Eleanor, b. 1, 11, 1727-8.

James Lindley died 10, 13, 1726, and his widow mar- ried Henry Jones. Thomas, the eldest son, married Ruth Hadley and went to Orange Co., N. C. The children of Jonathan and Deborah Lindley were Jacob, b. 9, 18, 1744, m. 11, 14, 1782, to Hannah, widow of William Miller ; James, b. 10, 18, 1746; Jonathan, b. 9, 18, 1750 ; Deborah, b. 12, 26, 1753 ; Ruth, m. 11, 6, 1800, to David Wilson.

Jacob Lindley was a noted minister among Friends, and belonged to New Garden Meeting.

LIPPARD, GEORGE .- This distinguished novelist and author was born near the Yellow Springs, Chester Co.,

April 10, 1822. His ancestors were among the earliest settlers of the State, and in the " Old Time Graveyard," in Germantown, so vividly described and so dearly loved by Mr. Lippard, their remains repose in one unbroken line. At the age of fifteen he entered the office, in Philadelphia, of Mr. William Badger as a law student, and subsequently, from personal considerations only, transferred the scene of his studies to the office of Ovid F. Johnston, then attorney- general of the State. In the fall of 1841 he became asso- ciated with The Spirit of the Times, to which his first literary exertions were contributed. His quaint sayings, humorous chapters, and pungent paragraphs soon made the paper sought after by all who could appreciate a clever joke, or a piquant recital of the doings of the world around them.

The first novel, we believe, from his pen, entitled "The Ladye Annabel," published in The Citizen Soldier, cre- ated a decided sensation. Thousands read and re-read its exciting pages with the utmost interest and gratification, and week after week the edition of the paper was exhausted at an early moment. He commenced his author-life at twenty, and for twelve years toiled almost unceasingly, and his prominent works and literary labors are noticed more at length under the head of "Educational and Literary," in this history.

LONGSTRETH, BARTHOLOMEW, born in Longstroth Dale, deanery of Craven, Yorkshire, England, 8, 24, 1679, came to Pennsylvania, bringing a certificate from Settle Meeting dated 1, 1, 1698-9. Having by industry and economy laid up about £400, he undertook a trading voy- age to Tortola, but his consignment was lost at sea, and he was taken sick on his arrival by another vessel. Return- ing to Pennsylvania, he bought land on Edge Hill, on the line between Philadelphia and Bucks Counties, afterwards settling in Warminster, Bucks Co. He married, at Hors- ham, 11, 29, 1727, Ann Dawson, born in London, 1705, daughter of John and Dorothy, of Moreland, Philadelphia Co.

Bartholomew died suddenly, August 8, 1749, and was buried at Horsham. . His widow married, 6, 7, 1753, Rob- ert Tomkins, of Warrington, Bucks Co., by whom she is said to have been unkindly treated ; for which reason she left him, and lived for a time with her son Daniel at the home- stead, afterwards removing to Charlestown, Chester Co., bringing a certificate from Abington for herself and three younger children, Elizabeth, Joseph, and Benjamin, which was presented to Goshen Monthly Meeting 10, 15, 1759. She died 3, 18, 1783, and was buried at Friends' grave- yard, Pikeland, near Kimberton, as was also her mother, Dorothy Dawson. Having a slave in her possession, named Solomon, she executed a paper of manumission, dated 7, 7, 1775, she " feeling a disposition of mind to do upright and impartial justice unto all men."

Children of Bartholomew and Ann Longstreth : Sarah, b. 11, 8, 1728-9, d. 9, 21, 1800, m. William Fussell ; John, b. 4, 10, 1730, d. 1737; Daniel, b. 2, 28, 1732, d. 11, 19, 1803, m. twice ; Jane, b. 1, 18, 1733-4, d. aged 20 months ; Jane, b. 11, 23, 1735-6, d. 5, 16, 1795, m. Jonathan Coates ; Ann, b. 11, 3, 1737-8, d. 6, 26, 1824, m. Benja- min Coates ; Johu, b. 8, 25, 1739, d. 4, 16, 1817, m. Jane

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Minshall; Elizabeth, b. 3, 15, 1741, d. 6, 28, 1813, m. Joseph Starr ; Isaac, b. 12, 16, 1742-3, d. 12, 4, 1817, m. Martha Thomas; Joseph, b. 10, 11, 1744, d. 1798 or 1803, m. Susannah Morris; Benjamin, b. 7, 17, 1746 (or 9), d. 8, 4, 1802, m. Sarah Fussell.

John Longstreth married Jane, daughter of John and Sarah Minshall, and lived at what is now Phoenixville. They had seven children,-Daniel, Hannah, John, Sarah, Anne, Moses, Jane.

Benjamin Longstreth married Sarah, daughter of Solo- mon Fussell, and his second wife, Mary Wilson, b. 10, 12, 1751, died 4, 23, 1797. He built the first iron-works at Phoenixville, and is therefore claimed to have been the founder of the town. His children were Joseph, William W., Benjamin, Mary, Ann, Sarah, Samuel, Elizabeth, Rachel W., Hannah, Jacob, and George F. Longstreth.

LOVE, REV. THOMAS .- The Love family were among the early settlers in Fagg's Manor, and several of its mem- bers have at different times filled important positions, both in church and state. Among them was Rev. Thomas Love, who was born in 1796, and died Dec. 22, 1879. His early life was spent on his father's farm, where he acquired a robust frame, a knowledge of agriculture, and a practical ingenuity which often served him in good purpose in after- life. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of New Castle, April 2, 1823, and on Dec. 1, 1825, became pastor of the church of Lower Brandywine, then called the " Old Log Church," and of Red Clay Creek, long known as " McKennan's Meeting-house," both in Delaware and near to the line of Chester County. He had charge of the for- mer until Oct. 7, 1856, and of the latter until June 1, 1862, after which he passed the remainder of his long and useful life on his farm in Delaware. He was a sound, plain, and instructive preacher, and possessed a spirit which made his name of Love a truthful one. The influence of his life and character, as well as his words, in promoting temper- ance, education, religion, and everything good, was wide, and acknowledged in all the region in which his lot was cast. He was married in 1823 to Miss Sarah Latta, one of that remarkable family which furnished with him five well-known and useful ministers. He left one child, a daughter, who married a Mr. Springer. Of his grand- children, one-Rev. Thomas Love Springer-is a pastor in York Co., Pa., and two are physicians.

LOOMIS, DAVIS K .- The Loomis family at an early date emigrated from the north of England. William, one of several brothers, settled in Nantmeal township, in this county. His son John married Faithful Strickland, a sister of Judge Nimrod Strickland. Their son John mar- ried Rebecca Davis, who had five sons and three daughters. Of these, the second son and third child was Davis K. Loomis, born Aug. 27, 1847. In addition to the public schools, he attended the Oakdale Academy at Pughtowo, and afterwards the Normal School at Millersville, Pa. He subsequently taught school in East Vincent and in Berks County, and later clerked for D. S. Taylor, a merchant in Spring City; then embarked in mercantile business at East Vincent post-office, under the firm-name of Loomis & Hiestand, where he was postmaster two years. He then removed to Philadelphia, and was engaged in a fancy gro-

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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 169

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