History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 87

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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Barclay Penuock.

The Religion of the Northmen. By Rudolph Keyser, Professor of History in the University of Norway. Translated by Barclay Pennock, Kennett Square, and published in New York, 1854. 12mo, pp. 348.

See biographical sketch of Barclay Pennock.

Benjamin Naylor.

1. Naylor'e System of Teaching Geography, adapted to Pelton's Outline Maps; containing full and complete anewere to all questione embraced in the work, comprising much valuable, interesting, and descriptive mutter not found in any other school geography. By Benjamin Naylor. Philadelphia: T. EIl- wood Chapman, 1850. 8vo, pp. 144.

2. The Speedy Calculator, a System of Arithmetic designed to abridge the labor of the learner and expeud hie intellectual faculties. By Benjaulin Naylor. 12mo, 1849.

Rev. John Crowell.

Republice Established and Thrones Overturned by the Bible. By John Crowell, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, West Chester, Pa. Philadelphia: John T. Lange, 24 South Second Street, 1849. 12mo, pp. 202.

Rev. James May, D.D.

Life and Letters of Rev. James May, D.D. By Rev. Alexander Shiras, A.M. Philadelphia: Protestant Episcopal Book Society, 1224 Chestnut Street, with portrait. 12mo, pp. 186.

Mr. May was a native of Chester County.

William Sloan Graham.

Remaine of William Sloan Graham. Published by J. W. Moore. Philadelphia, 1849.

Mr. Graham was a native of New London township, and at one time principal of the New London Academy. This volume, besides bis writings, contaios a memoir, written by his wife, of his religious and literary life. The work is edited by Prof. George Allen.

George Lippard.

. George Lippard was born near the Yellow (now Chester) Springe, April 10, 1824, and died in Philadelphia about 1854. He was the author of a large number of tales and historical romances, of which the following is a list of those published in book form :

The Ladye Annabel; Herbert Tracy ; The Queker City, in two parte; Washing- ton and his Generals; Paul Ardenheim ; Memoire of a Preacher ; Adonai, the Pilgrim of Eternity ; Adrian, the Neophyte; Jesus and the Poor; The Empire City ; The Nazarine; Blanche of Brandywine; Legends of Mexico; The Rose of Wissahickon; Bel of Prairie Eden; Legende of the American Revolution ; Slave-Catching in the Queker City ; The Entranced ; Mysteriee and Miseries of Philadelphia; New York, ite Upper Ten and Lower Million.

The greater part of these were published in Philadelphia, some of them in New York. They appeared at different periods from 1842 to 1854. In addition to these, he was the author of numerous essays of a historical and philosophical character, stories, sketches, etc., which have never appeared in book form. His life and some of his writings were also published in Philadelphia in 1855 in an octavo volume.

Professor Fordyce A. Allen.

Professor Allen conducted a normal school and seminary in West Chester from 1852 to 1864. During this period he devised and partly prepared for the press a series of school geographies. They have been published under the titles respectively of "Oral Geography," " Pri- inary Geography," and "Comprehensive Geography." The first was published by Claxton, Reisen & Haffelfinger, and the other two by J. B. Lippincott & Co., of Philadelphia.

Isaac P. Trimble, M.D.

Dr. Trimble was born in West Bradford township in 1804, and now resides in the city of New York. He is noted for his love of fruit- culture, and is the author of a work entitled "Insects Injurious to Fruit and Fruit-Trees." .

Thomas Baldwin.

1. A Universal Pronouncing Gazetteer. Published by Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia, 1845. 8vo, pp. 550.

This was the joint work of Thomas Baldwin and his consin, Dr. Joseph Thomas, with some contributions from others, and appeared under the name of "Thomas Baldwin, assisted by several other gen- tlemen." Dr. Joseph Thomas was the author of the system of pro- nouncing geographical names contained in this volume, at its first publication a department of literature but little cultivated.

2. A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States. By Thomas Baldwin and Joseph Thomas, M.D. Published by Lippincott, Grambo & Co., Phila- delphia, 1854. 8vo, pp. 1364.

3. A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer, or Geographical Dictionary of the World. By Joseph Thomas, M.D., and Thomas Baldwin, assisted by several other Gentlemen, containing & notice and the pronunciation of nearly one bun- dred thousand places. Published by Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1855. Royal octavo, pp. 2174.

This work has passed through several editions, and has been further enlarged and improved, and is, in respect of completeness, accuracy, and variety and extent of geographical information, without an equal in the English language.

Thomas Baldwin is a native of Chester County, and was born in Downingtown, Aug. 9, 1807. He now resides in Philadelphia, and was for many years engaged in school-teaching.

A Memoir.

Memoir and Lettere of Gulielma M. Hoopes. Philadelphia, 1862. 12mo, pp. 114, with portrait.

The subject of this volume was the wife of Edward Hoopes, and a daughter of David Townsend, formerly cashier of the Bank of Chester County. The book was printed for private circulation only, and is an affectionate tribute to the memory of a cultured and lovely Christian woman.

Rev. William Newton.

Lectures on the First Two Vislone of the Book of Daniel. By William Newton, Rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, West Chester, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia : William S. & Alfred Murtien, 1859. 12mo, pp. 250.

These lectures are twelve in number, and were delivered to the people of his charge, in West Chester, before their publication.

Morris Cope.

Some Authentic Extracte, with a few deductions and observations in relation to the state of the Society of Friende. By Morrie Cope. West Chester : E. F. James, Printer, 1858. 8vo, pp. 31.

William Whitehead.

1. Directory of the Borough of Chester for the years 1859-60, with a concise history of the Borough from its first settlement to the present time, etc. By William Whitehead, of West Chester. 1859. 12mo, pp. 108.

2. Directory of the Boronghe of Norristown and Bridgeport for the years 1860- 61, with a concise history of the Boroughe from their first settlement to the present time, etc. By Willinm Whitehead. 1860. 12mo, pp. 285.

3. Etoile, and Other Persons. By William Whitehead.

" If from society we learn to live, 'Tis solitude should teach us how to die: It hath no flutterere."-BYaON.

Published for the author, by George F. Worrall, West Chester, Pa., 1872. 8vo, pp. 152.

Edmund C. Evans, M.D.

1. General Notione of Chemistry. By J. Pelouze and E. Fremy. Translated from the French by Edmund C. Evane, M.D. Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854. 8vo, pp. 439.

This work, the translator says, is intended for persons who, unac- customed to scientific studies, wish to acquire a general knowledge of chemistry and its principal applications.

2. Rural Economist; devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, and Rural Affairs. Edmund C. Evans, Editor and Proprietor, West Chester, Chester County, Pa., 1861-62. Pp. 392. One volume, octavo.

Medical Society.

Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania at its Annual Session held In West Chester, Pa., May, 1857. 8vo, pp. 218.

In addition to the regular proceedings of the society, this volume contains an interesting and instructive article on the "Topography

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and Geology of Chester County," with a map of the county exhibit- ing its geological features, meteorological observations made at West Chester for cach day of the year 1856, and a plate showing the de- termination of the latitude and longitude of West Chester.

Samuel Alsop.

A Treatise on Surveying, in which the Theory and Prectice are fully explained. preceded by a short Treatise on Logarithms, and eleo a Compendioue System, of Plane Trigonometry. The whole Illustrated by numerous exemples. By Sammel Aleop, author of a " Treatise on Algebra." Philadelphia: E. O. & J. Biddle & Co. 1857.

The author was a teacher. in the Westtown Boarding-School from 1853 to 1860, and this work was prepared and published while he was thus engaged. It has passed through several editions.

Thomas Buchanan Read.

1. Poeme. Boston, 1847. 12no.

2. Laye and Ballads. Philadelphia, 1848. 12mo.

3. The Female Poete of America, with Portraite, Biographical Notices, and Specimene of their writings. 1848. 8vo. Seventh edition, 1857. 6vo, pp. 482.

4. The Pilgrime of the Great St. Bernard. A Prose Romance. Published in the successive numbers of a magazine.

5. Poens. Illustrated by Kenney Meadowe. Published in London, 1852. 8vo, pp. 278. A choice edition.

This volume was warmly commended by the English periodicals.

6. Poeme. A new end enlarged edition. Published in Philadelphia, 1853. 8vo. 1854. 8vo, illustrated.

7. The New Pastoral. A Poem, 1855. 12mo. 1856. 12mo, pp. 250.

This is an elaborate composition. It consists of a series of thirty- Beven sketches of rural and domestic life, mostly of primitive sim- plicity, and so truthful as to be not less valuable as history than at- tractive as poetry. His life in Chester County in his earlier years has evidently furnished some of the incidents of this poem.

8. The House by the Sea. A Poem. Philadelphia, 1856. 12mo, pp. 152.

9. Sylvia, or The Lost Shepherd: an Eclogue, and other Poems. 1857. 12mo, pp. 158.

Among the minor poems in this volume are "The Stayed Curse," "The Blessed Dead," " Hero and Leander," "The Chamois-Hunter," and "Twenty-one."

10. Rural Poems. London, 1857. 8vo.

11. Complete Poetical Works (including Sylvia, The House by the Sea, The New Pastoral, etc.). Newly Revised, with Additione. Boston,-1860. 2 vols., 16mo.

12. The Wagoner of the Allegheniee. A Poem of the Days of Seventy-Six. Philadelphia, 1862. 12mo. 1868. 16mo.

13. A Summer Story, Sheridan'e Ride, and other Poems, chiefly of the War. 1865. 8vo, pp. 154. Containing thirty-five poeme.

14. Poems. New and Enlarged Edition. 1865. 2 vole., 16mo.

15. Good Samaritane. A Poem. Cincinnati. Small quarto, pp. 20.

Thomas Buchanan Read was a true poct. He had a great command of language, a vivid fancy, and a musical ear, and his poems have the ring of sterling metal, and bear the superscription of genius.

Chester County may well be proud that she has given birth to Bay- ard Taylor and Thomas Buchanan Read. It needs no herald to pro- claim their merits to the world.

Issacher Price.

School-Day Rhymes. By Issacher Price. Philadelphia, 1856. 12mo, pp. 125.

The volume is dedicated by the author to his " much-loved and ven- erable friend and tator, Jonathan Gause." Mr. Price resided in the Great Valley.

Evan Pugh.

1. Miscellaneous Chemical Analyses. Inaugural Dissertation. Gottlagen, 1856.

2. On the Sources of the Nitrogen of Vegetation, with special reference to the question whether plante assimilate free or uncombined Nitrogen. Phila- delphia. Trane. Il., 1861. 4to, pp. 150.

3. A Report upon a Plan for the Organization of Colleges for Agriculture and the Mechanic Arte, with especial reference to the organization of the Agri- cultural College of Penneylvania. By Dr. E. Pugh, President of the Faculty. 1864. 8vo, pp. 35.

See biographical sketch of the author.

Benjamin and Jane Price.

The Golden Wedding of Benjamin and Jane Price, with Brief Family Record. "Gather up the fragmente thet remain, that nothing be lost." Philadel- phia : J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1867. 12mo, pp. 48.

This volume contains an account of the golden wedding of Benja- min and Jane Price, at the residence of their son, Dr. Jacob Price, in West Chester, on June 12, 1867, with the addresses delivered and poems read on the occasion ; also an account of their ancestry, and of

the descendants of Philip and Rachel Price, the parents of Benjamin Price, and of Jacob and Mary Paxson, the parents of Jane Price.

Eli K. Price.

1. Memoir of Philip and Rachel Price. "Honour thy Father and thy Mother." Philadelphia: printed for Eli K. Price and Philip M. Price, 1652. 12mo, pp. 192.

Sce biographical sketch.

2. Memorial of Our Daughter, for her child. Printed for Eli K. Price, 1862. 12mo, pp. 220.

This is a memorial of Rebecca Embree Withers, daughter of Eli K. and Anna E. Price, and wife of Hanson L. Withers, who was born March 10, 1829, and died Jan. 17, 1861. Her child, Anna Rebecca, for whom the memorial was written, was born Dec. 10, 1860.

3. Diecourse on the Family ae an Element of Government. Read before the American Philosophical Society, January, 1864. Philadelphia, 1864. 12mo. pp. 50.

4. Centennial Meeting of the Desceudente of Philip and Rachel Price. Phile- delphia, 1864. 12mo, pp. 86.

5. Discourse on the Trial by Jury. Read before the American Philosophical Society, May 1, 1863. Philadelphia, 1863. 12mo, pp. 24.

The last three papers are bound together in one volume. The cen- tennial meeting of the descendants of Philip and Rachel Price was held at the old homestead, in East Bradford, Chester County, on July 2, 1864. A very fall and interesting account of the family was read at the meeting hy Eli K. Price, Esq., which is given in this volume, to- gether with a list of the descendants.

6. Of the Limitations of Actione and Liens against Real Estate in Pennsylvania. By Eli K. Price, Philadelphia. Kay & Brother, Law Booksellers, Publish- ers, etc. 1857. 8vo, pp. 392.

7. The Act for the Sale of Real Estate. By Eli K. Price. Philadelphia: Kay & Brother, Law Publishers, etc. 1874. 8vo, pp. 194.

8. The History of the Consolidation of the City of Philadelphia. By Eli K. Price. Pluladelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1873. 12mo, pp. 140.

Mr. Price is also the author of a number of essays and papers, among them the following, read before the American Philosophical Society, viz. : "Some Phases of Modern Philosophy," read Jan. 5, 1872; " Another Phase of Modern Philosophy," read March 1, 1872; "The Glacial Epochs," read in March and April, 1876; and "Sylva- culture," read in November and December, 1877. He also edited the "Diary of John Pemberton" for the years 1877 and 1878 for the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia.

Rev. William E. Moore.

Digest of the Acts and Deliverancee of the General Assembly of the Presbyte- rian Charch in the United States of America, compiled by the order and authority of the General Assembly. By Rev. William E. Moore. Philadel- phia: Presbyterian Publication Committee, 1861. 8vo, pp. 634.

At the time of the preparation of this volume Rev. William E. Moore was pastor of the Presbyterian Church of West Chester, Pa.

Mrs. Harriet F. Moore.

Loving Jesue Early. A True Life. " He will gether the lambe in His arme, and carry then iu Hie bosom." Philadelphia: Presbyterian Publication Com- mittee, 1668. 18mo, pp. 164.

The author is the wife of Rev. William E. Moore, formerly pastor of the Presbyterian Church of West Chester, Pa., and this volume is a memoir of their daughter Sarah, who died at an early age.

James P. Wickersham, LL.D.

1. School Economy. A Treatise on the Preparation, Organization, Employment, Government, and Authorities of Schools. 1864. 12mo, pp. 381.

This work has been translated into the Spanish, French, and Jap- anese languages.

2. Methods of Instruction. That part of the Philosophy of Education which Treate of the Nature of the Several Branches of Knowledge and the Methode of Teaching them according to that Nature. 1865. 12010, pp. 496.

3. The Common School Laws of Pennsylvania, and Decisions of the Superio- tendent, with Explanations, Forme, etc. Revised and Arranged by Jamee l'. Wickersham, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Harrisburg, 1879. 18mo, pp. 307.

In addition to the foregoing works, Prof. Wickersham has prepared and published fifteen volumes of "Pennsylvania School Reports," oc- tavo, averaging about 340 pages cach; also ten volumes "Pennsyl- vania Orphans' School Reports," octavo, averaging about 112 pages each. He has also written a large number of articles for magazines, and many miscellaneous reports, lectures, essays, etc., mostly on eda- cational subjects. He has been editor of the Pennsylvania School Journal from 1870 to the present time, now orer ten years.

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HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

Edward H. Williamson.

1. The Scout. A Tale of the Revolution.

This tale was published serially in The Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia, in the year 1859. The scene is laid in Chester County, chiefly in the neighborhood and east of Osborne's Hill and Chade' Ford.

2. The Quakor Partisane. A Story of the Revolution. By the author of " The Scout," with illustrations. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1869. 12mo, pp. 294.

A second edition of this tale was published in the year 1876, under the title of "Clayton's Rangers, or the Quaker Partisans." The scene is laid in Chester County, along the Brandywine, principally in the neighborhood of the old Taylor house and of Deborah's Rocks, in East Bradford township.

It is a historical faet that in the early part of the war of independ- ence members of the Society of Friends in Philadelphia, still claim- ing to be "Friends," withdrew from the society and formed them- selves into a separate body, under the title of the "Free Quakers." They were in favor of the prosecution of the war, and in various ways assisted in the great struggle. This story purports to relate the doings of a company of cavalry known as the "Rangers," composed of young men of the new society.

3. Philip Morton ; or, Adventures on the Pennsylvania Frontier.

This tale was published serially in The Saturday Evening Post in the year 1866. The scene of the story is in and around the present site of Harrisburg, having for its centre the old Harris block-house.

4. The Book of Deeds, containing forms of deeds for eachi State and Territory, with full acknowledgments for husband and wife. By Edward H. William- Bon, Conveyancer, 1877. 8vo, pp. 84.

5. The List of Notaries, containing, in tahular form, the names of all the No- taries Public in Philadelphia since 1871, with dates of commission. By Ed- ward H. Williamson, 1879.

J. Gilbert Young, M.D.

Records of the Youngs, comprising, in addition to much general information respecting them, a particular and extended account of the posterity of Ninian Young, an early resident of East Fallowfield township, Chester County, Pa. Compiled from the best published and other sources, by J. Gilbert Young, M.D. In two parts. Philadelphia: William S. Young, 34 North Sixth Street, 1869. 8vo, pp. 114.

Hon. James B. Everhart.

1. Miscellanies. By James B. Everhart. " Frustra laborat, qui omnibus placere studet." West Chester: Edward F. James, 1862. 8vo, pp. 300. Steel en- graving.

2. Poeme. By James B. Everhart, author of a volume of Miscellanies. " I, fuge : sed pateras tutior esse domi."-MARTIAL, Ep. 4.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1868. 8vo, pp. 144. Frontispiece on steel.

3. The Fox Chase. By James Bowen Everhart, author of " Miscellanies and Poems." Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1874. 12mo, pp. 36. 1Ilustrated.

Dr. John W. Cooper.

Game Fowle; their Origin and History, with a description of the Breeds, Strains, and Crosses; the American and English modes of Feeding, Traiving, and Healing; How to Breed and Cross, improving quality and preserving feather ; together with a description and treatment of all diseases incident to Game Fowls. By J. W. Cooper, M.D. West Chester, Pa., 1869. 8vo, pp. 304. Illustrated.

Dr. John W. Cooper is a physician residing in West Chester. About 1859 he published a small work on the subject of which the above is a new and enlarged edition, with illustrations. Ile is thoroughly qualified by experience for the task of preparing such a work, and the knowledge and experience of Europe and America on the subject are here given.

Daniel G. Brinton, M.D.

1. The Floridian Peniusnla; its Literary History, Indian Tribes, and Antiquities. By Daniel G. Brinton, A.B. Philadelphia: published by Joseph Sabin, 1859. Post 8vo, pp. 202.

This is a learned work on an interesting portion of American his- tory and arehæology. There are numerous foot-notes, showing that the author has thoroughly investigated the subjeet.

2. The Shawnees and their Migrations ; The Mouud-Bullders of the Mississippi Valley; and Early Spanish Mioing in Northern Georgia. Papers published in the Historical Magazine for 1866.

3. The Myths of the New World; A Treatise on the Symbollem nod Mythology of the Red Races of America. By Daniel G. Brinton, A.M., M.D., Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, etc. New York : Leypolut & Holt, 1868. Svo, pp. 307.

This is a work of rare interest to every one interested in ethnologi- cal inquiries, and commends itself to the thoughtful of every class. It has received the indorsement of learned eritics, both at home and abroad. The foot-notes are extensive and valuable.

4. A Guide-Book of Florida and the South, for Tourists, Invalids, and Emigrante, with a map of the St. John River. By Daniel G. Brinton, A.M., M.D. Philadelphia : George Maclean, 719 Sansom Street. Jacksonville, Florida : Columbus Drew, 1869.

5. The National Legend of the Chahta-Mnskokee Tribes. By D. G. Brinton, M.D. Morrisiania, N. Y., 1870. Octavo, pp. 13.

6. The Phonetic Alphabet of Yucatan. Historical Magazine for 1870.

7. Grammar of the Choctaw Language. By the Rev. Cyrue Byington. Edited from the original MSS. in the Library of the American Philosophical So- ciety, hy D. G. Brinton, M.D. Philadelphia, 1870. Octavo, pp. 56.

8. The Arawack Language of Guiana io its Linguistic and Ethnological Rela- tione. Transactions of American Philosophical Society, 1871.

9. Contributions to & Grammar of the Chahta. Muskokee Dialects. Proceedings of American Philosophical Society, 1872.

10. The Religions Sentiment; its Source and Aim. A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion. By Daniel G. Brinton, A.M., M.D. New York : Henry Holt & Co., 1876. 8vo, pp. 284.

11. The Brinton Family, 1878. Quarto, pp. 60. A limited number of copies printed.

This is an interesting historieal and genealogical record of the Brin- ton family, and contains a sketch of its history in England, from the origin of the name, about A.D. 1100, until the emigration of the first settler to this country, 1684, a collection of all the information pre- served about the first colonist, William Brinton, and his immediate family, and a genealogy of his descendants to and including the seventh generation, with brief biographical notes.

Dr. Brinton is also one of the anthors of the Eclectic series of geographies, published in Cincinnati, and has edited Naphey's "Ther- apeutics" and varions other medical works.

He is also editor of the Philadelphia Medical and Surgical Re- porter, a weekly journal, and of the Compendium of Medical Science, published half-yearly, and in his editorial position he has contributed mueh to medical periodical literature.

In addition to his individual productions, Dr. Brinton published, in connection with Dr. George H. Napheys, a work entitled "The Laws of Health in Relation to the Human Form." By D. G. Brinton, M.D., And George H. Napheys, M.D. Springfield, Mass. : W. J. Holland, 1870. 12mo, pp. 346.

This is a work on personal beauty and the means of preserving it, written from the physician's point of view.

Nelson P. Boyer.

1. The Poultry Breeder's Manual. 1869. 8vo, pp. 32.

2. The Hog Breeder's Manual. 1869. 8vo, pp. 32.

3. The Sheep and Goat Breeder's Manual. 1869. 8vo, pp. 32.

4. The Dairyman'e Manual. 1869. 8vo, pp. 40.

These manuals, giving information on the subjects of which they treat, were published at Parkesburg, Chester County, where Mr. Boyer was engaged in the raising and selling of stock of various kinds.

Gen. George A. McCall.

Letters from the Frontier. Written during & perlod of thirty years' service in the army of the United States. By Maj .- Gen. George A. McCall, late Com- mander of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1868. Octavo, pp. 539.

Gen. MeCall was for many years a citizen of Chester County, and re- sided in West Goshen township, abont one muilo from West Chester. He was a graduate of West Point, and an officer in the regular army, and these letters were written from the different posts where he was stationed and from other points, and eover a period of thirty-one years, extending from 1822 to 1853. The letters are one hundred and five in number, soine of thein of considerable length, as the size of the volume will indicate, and convey a large amount of valuable information, written in a pleasant and scholarly style.

Rev. Robert P. Du Bois.

A Record of the Families of Robert Patterson (the Elder), Emigrant from Ire- land to America, 1774; Thomas Ewing, from Ireland, 1718 ; and Loule Dn Bois from France, 1660; connected by the marriage of Uriab Du Bois with Martha Patterson, 1798.

This is a series of three family records, the Patterson, the Ewing, and the Du Bois, only the last two of which ean claim authorship in this county. The first-the record of the Patterson family-was writ- ten by William Ewing Du Bois, of Philadelphia; the others were written as follows :

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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 87

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