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APPENDIX.
THE following general matters relative to Delaware County it is deemed proper to preserve in the form of an appendix :
The first description of Delaware County ever printed was the following, which appeared in the "United States Gazetteer," by Joseph Scott, pub- lished in Philadelphia in 1795:
"Delaware, a connty of Pennsylvania, 21 miles in length and 15 in breadth, containing 115,200 acres. It is bounded N., by Montgomery ; N. W. and W., by Chester; N. E., by Philadelphia County; and W., by Chester; S. W., by New Castle County, in the State of Delaware ; and S. E., by Delaware River, which separates it from Gloucester County, New Jersey. It comprehends the following townships, viz. : Radnor, Newtown, Haverford, Upper Darby, Lower Darby, Tinicum, Ridley, Springfield, Marple, Edgmont, Upper Providence, Lower Providence, Chester, Upper Chichester, Lower Chichester, Bethel, Concord, Aston, Middletown, and part of Birmingham and Thornbury. It contains 9,433 free inhabitants and 50 slaves. In that part of the county bordering on the river Delaware the lands are low, and chiefly appropriated for meadow and pastnrage, Great numbers of cattle, which are brought in yearly from the Western parts of Virginia and North Carolina, are fat- tened høre for supplying the Philadelphia market. The meadows, being principally marshes, were subject to be overflowed by the Dela- ware, and therefore of little value. But the proprietors, by raising dykes, or mounds of earth, along the river, have converted these marshes, which were formerly a nuisance to the neighborhood, into rich, valuable meadows; however, in extraordinary freshets in the river, some of the banks are broken down, which, if it happens before cutting the grass, destroys the crop of hay for that season. To repair these breaches is often to the proprietors a considerable expense.
"In the northern parts of the county the farmers generally raise wheat, corn, rys, potatoes, hemp, flax, etc., as are done in other parts of the State. It is well watered by Chester, Ridley, Crum, and Darby Creaks. Chief town, Chester."
The following interesting item appeared in the Upland Union respecting the Revolutionary soldiers living in Delaware County in 1832:
"On Saturday last the Court of Common Pleas held an extra session to hear and examine the claims of Revolutionary soldiers, claiming pen- sions under the recent act of Congress. Judges Pierce and Engle were present.
" John Kitts, a native of this county, seventy-six years old, was called out in 1775, and served in three campaigns or tours of duty ; was in no general engagement ; but was a short time nnited with the Continental army under General Washington.
" James Curry, born in 1775, in Norriton township (now part of Mont- gomery County), was first a volunteer in a rifle corps ; but was advanced to the rank of adjutant, which post he held under several field-officers. He was in the battles of Brandywine and Princeton, and several skir- mishes, and saw much service. He now resides in Haverford.
"John Jackson, born at Marcus Hook, in the year 1753, and now a tenant of the county poor-house, was the only applicant oo whom age aod misfortune had a heavy hand. He is blind, feeble, and mentally failing. As a militiaman, he did duty during the war on board a row galley, armed and hearing the United States flag. He was taken prisoner of war, and confined in the public prison in Philadelphia. 'He was ex- changed,' he said, on examination, 'for a Hessian, one of the nineteen who were caught thieving,'-a trait of the times which corrohorated
Jackson's personal narrative. 'At that time he cared for nothing,' he ssid, 'and minded no more shooting an enemy than a bird.' Pesce to his latter days, may he long enjoy the provision his country has been too tardy in making.
" William Long, a native of Ridley township, and living all his life in this vicinity, is now in the ninetieth year of his age. He was the companion-in-arms of Mr. Kitts, and served on the same tours of duty.
"These Revolutionary soldiers are all well known in their respective neighborhoods, where they are living in the bosom of their families and friends, one excepted, who is reduced to accept legal provision. It is very likely that Uncle Sam will for many years have the honor of pay- ing them a stipend from his big purse, for the first named looks much younger than one would suppose, and the oldest almost daily takes a walk through Chester.
"James Polk, sergeant, has yet to file his declaration, He was born in Chester County, and was ont in '76, '77, and '78. He has resided chiefly in Maryland, where he could most easily substantiate his claim."
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad .- Experimental lines by this company were run three or four years ago through Delaware County, but nothing was de- cided until 1883. In August of that year lines were again surveyed, and a permanent route is now fixed from where the road enters the county in South Chi- chester, on nearly a straight line, striking Chester at Twelfth Street as far as Potter. From there the two lines surveyed pass through Ridley and Darby, cross- ing Cobb's Creek at the mouth of Blunston's Run.
St. Michael's Cemetery .- In the history of North Chester borough inadvertently a notice of St. Michael's Cemetery was omitted, which should have appeared therein. This cemetery is seven acres in extent, on the Middletown road, nearly opposite Chester Rural Cemetery, and was purchased in 1864 to be used for the interment of deceased members of the congre- gation.
Removal of County-Seat .- In March, 1869, a bill providing for the removal of the county-seat from . Media to Chester was read in the House of Repre- sentatives, but no further action was ever had thereon.
Earthquakes .- In addition to the earthquakes already mentioned, under date of Nov. 23, 1777, Capt. John Montressor records, " About seven o'clock this morning felt a shock of an earthquake."1 On Sunday, Aug. 10, 1884, at ten minutes after two o'clock, occurred an earthquake, extending from the New England States to the Potomac, and in Eastern Pennsylvania to the Susquehanna River. The shock in Delaware County was very marked.
1 Penna, Mag. of Hist., vol. vi. 194.
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APPENDIX.
Population of Delaware County .- In 1790 the population of Delaware County was 9483; in 1800, 12,809; in 1810, 14,734; and in 1820, 14,811. After the later date the population in the several townships and boroughs is given.
1820.
1830.
1840,
1850.
1860.
1870. 1880.
Aston
753
7,070
1,469
1,558
1.671
1,845
2,401
Bethel.
324
367
386
426
511
554
589
Birmiogham
315
584
605
566
621
765
739
Concord.
1,032
1,002
1,057
1,049
1,229
1,293
1,311
Chester borough ...
657
848 }
£ 1,667
4.631
9,485 14,996
Chester township ...
638
672
1,790
1,553
2,026
1.452
582
Darby borough ..
1,004
1,085
1,267
1,310
717
995
1,245
Upper Darby.
692
1,325
1,489
2,044
2,571
3,130
4,900
Edgmont.
640
758
713
621
647
678
648
Haverford.
786
980
1,039
1,401
1,350
1,338
1,488
Upper Chichester ...
413
431
475
531
555
539
523
Lower Chichester
Marcus
Hook
502
465
666
492
991
1,129
1,700
borough
700
793
759
876
916
858
899
Middletown ...
994
1,188
1,451
1,972
2,397
2,578
2,798
Upper
Provi-
736
748
780
285
900
1,045
1,919
Media borough
566
747
1,025
1,457
1,497
1,448
1,727
Newtown
611
667
752
824
830
748
734
Radnor
1,059
1.097
1,205
1,335
1,230
1,43]
1,924
Ridley ..
893
1,038
1,075
1,389
1,324
1,142
2,533
Springfield
576
700
860
1,033
1,109
1,267
1,712
Thornbury.
537
610
675
873
1,017
990
943 224
Tinicum
182
166
153
178
193
147
2,028
South Chester
1,242
3,664
North Chester.
1,381
Total
14,810
17,361
19,791
24,640
30,597 39,403 56,102
The population of the villages, according to the census of 1880, is as follows: Bridgewater, 91; Booth's Corner, 69; Chelsea, 80; Chad's Ford, 108; Concord, 116; Crozerville, 228; Eddystone, 582; Elam, 23; Glen Riddle, 416; Heyville, 177; Leiper- ville, 472; Linwood, 543 ; Llewellyn, 430 ; Lima, 114; Lenni, 335; Marcus Hook, 816; Norwood, 194; Pros- pect Park, 197; Parkmount, 80; Ridley Park, 439; Rockdale, 590; Village Green, 237; West Branch, 121.
Bradbury Post, No. 149, G. A. R., of Media, was organized at a meeting held April 22, 1880, and char- tered May 3d following, the officers being mustered by Assistant Adjt .- Gen. J. M. Vanderslice. The char- ter members were Robert F. Ash, Edw. E. Bowden, Joseph G. Cummins, Thomas V. Cooper, William Carson, Frank Clopp, N. B. Cooper, Samuel K. Cro- zer, John B. Davis, Lewis F. Daniels.
The following were the first officers of the post: Samuel K. Crozer, C .; Caleb Hoopes, S. V. C .; Wil- liam Carson, J. V. C .; William F. Matthews, Adjt .; Joseph G. Cummins, Q.M. ; Linnaeus Fussell, M.D., Post Surg .; Rev. Joseph R. T. Gray, Chap .; John W. Russell, O. of D .; John B. Neal, O. of G .; Sam- uel Newcome, Sergt .- Maj .; Ed. E. Bowden, Q.M .- Sergt .; John D. Howard, S. of O .; James H. Wor- rall, Ord. Sergt. ; Charles E. Ottey, O.S. At the second meeting of the post William F. Matthews resigned as adjutant, and John B. Robinson was appointed in
his place, and has served ever since. S. K. Crozer served three sears as P. C., and was succeeded by John Standring, who, at the end of the year, was suc- ceeded by James H. Worrall, present Commander. Ed. E. Bowden is present S. V. C .; Lewis F. Daniels, J. V. C .; Chap., Rev. William R. Patton ; Q.M. and Surg., Linnæus Fussell ; O. of D., Ed. Worrall; O. of G., Michael Whisman. The post is not beneficial, but has spent a great deal of money in charity,-has buried several soldiers, and removed and erected head- stones to others. Two members have died since the post was organized,-George H. Howard and Robert King; one has become insane,-James Oakes,-and was sent to an asylum. The post is in flourishing condition. It meets bi-monthly in Williamson's Hall, State Street, Media.
The post was named after Sergt. Jones Bradbury, Company B, Twenty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, who was killed in action at Burksville, Va., April 6, 1865, at the very close of the war. The post duly celebrates each recurring Decoration-day by memorial services at the grave of Bradbury, who is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Rockdale.
Chester Bicycle Club .- At the present time bicycles are rare in Delaware County, their costliness making them a luxury, and the roads in and around Chester not being in as good condition as is required to make them of use for general business purposes. However, a meeting of wheelmen was held in the armory of Company B, Chester, on Nov. 3, 1883, for the pur- pose of forming a club " for social riding, to promote the use of the wheel, and to protect the rights of wheelmen on the public highways." Several meet- ings were subsequently held at a private residence on Broad Street, and finally, on Dec. 4, 1883, the " Ches- ter Bicycle Club" was formed, with the following officers and members : President, Edwin K. Nelson, of Chester ; Secretary, Lieut. George C. de Lannoy, Chester; Treasurer, Harry E. Wilson, Chester ; Cap- tain, Lieut. James A. Campbell, Chester; Lieuten- ant, Joseph H. Walley, Chester ; William H. Berry, Chester ; William T. Ward, Ridley Park; Harmon J. Van Riper, Upland; Samuel L. Clayton, Thur- low.
All of the persons mentioned are also members of the "League of American Wheelmen," an amateur organization of about four thousand members in the United States.
The uniform of the Bicycle Club is black knee- breeches, white flannel shirt, and brown stockings.
ERRATA.
Dr. George Smith died Feb. 24, 1882, not 1884 as stated on page 261. Elizabeth Wilson was "landed into eternity" is the expression as it appears on page 175. It should read "launched into eternity."
For Union Woolen Company, page 326, read Union Kaolin Company. For National Woolen Company, page 327, read National Kaolio Com- pany.
855
dence
778
884
758
1,779
{ 780
1,205
Darby township .. .
S 422
Marple
Nether Providence.
Upland.
1,341
INDEX.
Abraham, D. C., 700. A.
Acrelius, on name of Darby Creek, 505, 707. Adame, George B., 676. Agricultural societies, 631.
Agriculture, use of lime in, 86; farm labor in early times, 207; ancient plow, 207 ; William Achmead, of Germantown, makes an iron mould-board plow, 207; introduction of the harrow and grain-cradle, 208 ; early mode of threshing, 208; method of clearing land, 208, 209; wheat; introduction of the Hessian fly, 209 ; introduction of clover, 209; silk culture in the last century, 209; domestic animals, 209, 210; statistics concerning prices at various periode, 211.
Allen, Jolın M., M.D., 153, 260. Allibone, Joseph, 611. Amies, William, & Co., 544. Amosland, 505, 735. Amusemente, early, 181, 184. Anderson, Capt. Samuel (war of 1812), 89, 90. Anderson, William, 242. Anderson, Thomas D., 249. Anderson, Dr. Samuel, 259. Andrews, James, 515. Andrew, James, 243. Annesley, James, 453. Ashmead, John W., 363. Ash, John, 506. Ashbridge, George, 361. Ashbridge house, 361. Ashcom, Charles, 735.
Assembly, firet, in Pennsylvania meets at Ches- ter, 22; charge of improper election to, 22; house in which held, 22; members of, 1682- 1864, 272-274.
Aston Township, 290; origin of name, 290; early settlers of, 290; highway laid out from Chichester to Acton, 291; justices of the peace, 291; road from Aston to Edgmont, 291 ; Lord Cornwallis encampe in, 291 ; farm- ere plundered by soldiers, 291, 292 ; statement of damages sustained by the people, 292; death from lightning-stroke, 293; accidental shooting, 293; strike at Crozer's mille, 293; fatal accident, 294 ; change in boundary line, 294; Peters' griet- aud saw-mille, 694; Tyson (now Llewllyn) Mills, 284 ; old forge at Rock- dale, 295; Thatcher's tilt-mill, 296; Lenni Mills, 296 ; Crozerville Mille, 297; West Branch Cotton - Mills, 297; Pennellton (Bridgewater) Mille, 298; schools, 298; churches, 300-304; licensed housee, 304; ae- eociations and secret societies, 305.
Atlee, William Augustus, 172. Atlee, William R., 239. Auditore (county), 271.
B.
Banka and bankers, 373; Delaware County Na- tionel Bank, originally organized nader the Omnibus Bank Act, 373; abortive attempt to organize the Farmers' and Manufacturers' Bank, 375; reorganization of the Delaware
County Bank under national law, 375 ; officers of, 375, 376 ; John O. Deshong, 376 ; Frederick J. Hinkson, 377; Edmund Pennell, 378; First National Bank, 378 ; John Larkin, 379 ; Chester National Bank, 379; First National Bank of Media, 604; banking-house of Hoopes & Newbold, 604.
Bartram, Thomas P., 651. Bartram, John, 506.
Bar of Delaware County, 217.
Barton, Capt. James, 139, 149.
Barton, Thomas, 363.
Baird, Matthew, 507.
Baker, Joseph, 558. Barnard, Isaac D., 249. Barton honse, 363.
Bancroft, Samuel, 624, 660, 669.
Bancroft, John, 660.
Battle-Axes, the, 754.
Baltimore, Lord, 15 ; and Markham, 16 ; at Up- land, 17 ; at Marcus Hook, 456.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 756.
Bank-note paper manufactured, 496. Barber house, 359.
Baldwin, Albin, 307.
Bethel Township, description of, 305; Chelsea, 306; "Corner Catch," 306, 308; road from Bethel to Chichester laid ont, 306, 307 ; action of Friends to prevent sale of liquor to In- diane, 307; early settlers, 306, 307; annoy- ance caused hy British soldiers, 308 ; Booth's Corners, 308; church, 308; schools, 309; Garnet Mines, 310.
Bell, Thomas S., 235.
Beatty, William, 625, 658, 724, 749.
Beatty, Joha C., 724.
Beatty, William P., 724.
Bethel, John, 505, 506, 517, 518, 625.
Bethel Hamlet, 305.
Bears, great number of, in early days, 212. Bevan, Davie, 371.
Besk, Capt. John Ammundeon, 455.
Benevolence of people of Chester to fever euf- ferere in Philadelphia in 1793, 64.
Benninghove, Jacob, 659,
Beazer, William, 483. Beaumont, Davis, 650.
Birmingham, named by William Brinton, 311 ;
early settlers, 312; John Chads, 313 ; Chad's Ford, 313; Iudian alarm, 314; British and American troops at Chad's Ford, 314; Ring Tavern (Washington'a headquarters), 314; churches, 315; incident of the Revolution, 317; mills, 318 ; Smith'a bridge, 318 ; bridge of the Baltimore Central Railroad, 319 ; inci- dent in history of the Barney family, 319 ; justices of peace, 320; achools, 320 ; Gen. Lafayette's visit in 1825, 321 ; murder of Mar- tin Hollis by Thomas Cropper, 322; hotels, 323 ; tha famons Chad's Tavern, 324; kaolin- pits, 326; Union Kaolin Company of Naw York, 326; National Kaolin Company, 327; Brandywine Summit Kaolin Worke, 327. Bicycle club, 757.
Biddle, Col, Clement C. (war of 1812), 90.
Bi-centennial, celebration of, in Chester, 415. Biddle, James, 234.
Bishop, Jeremiah, 677.
Bishop, Randall, 732.
Bishop, Thomas, 670, 671, 672.
"Bloody Holly Bush," legend of, 181 (note).
Black beard, the pirate, 457, 458.
Black, Col. Henry M., 154.
Black, Henry B., 403.
Blunston, John, 505, 506, 518, 532, 533, 550, 635. Binnaton, Michael, 532.
Black Bear Ion, 364.
Blue Ball lon, 366.
Black, William, notes from journal of, 365.
Blue Anchor Tavern, 369.
Blakeley, Capt. T., 124.
Blakeley, Abraham, 400.
Boundary line between Chester County and
State of Delaware, 15; conference between Lord Baltimore and Capt. William Markham, 16, 17; the temporary line, 18; the perma- nent boundary established, 19, 20.
Boundary line, dispute of, between Thorobury and Edgmont, 553.
Boon, Andreas Swanson, 505, 506.
Boneall, Joseph, 518, 541, 542.
Bonsall, Richard, 532, 542, 635.
Bonsall, Benjamin, 545.
Bonsall, Obadiah, 707, 710.
Bonsall, Dr. Jesse K., 261.
Boyd, Dr. Jamas, 260. Booth, Thomas, Sr., 311.
Booth's Corners, 308. Boar Head Inn, 328.
Bradshaw, Samnel, 507.
Brooke, Capt. William, 510.
Brooke, Hugh Jonea, 608.
Brassey, Thomas, 291, 506.
Bradbury Post, G. A. R., 757.
Brannon, Benjamin, 242. Broomall, John M., 237. Brinton, William, 311, 490, 709. Brinton, John, 711.
Brinton, Joseph E., 712. Brown Hotel, 373. Brown family, 448. Brooks, Capt. B., 152.
Brooke Hall Female Seminary, 601.
Burial, methods of, among early settlers, Duke of York's lawa concerning, 185.
Building associations, 411.
Burial-places, old Swedish, in Chaster, 337.
Butler, William, 237. Burd Orphan Asylum, 537.
Bura Brae, 537.
Burnley, Charles, 624. Burnley, George, 545. Burnley, John, 623.
C.
Camm, John, 666, 669. Carpenter, Samuel, 518, 652. Carew, Bamfylde-Moora, 507. Cadwallader, Charles, 546.
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760
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Caldwell house, 360. Caldwell family, 360, 361. Carter, Edward, 290. Carter, Paul B., 281. Carter, Joseph, 281.
Carter family, 425. Campbell, James, 397. Carr, Andrew, 279.
Camp-Meeting Association, Chester Heights, 301.
Cassimer, Fort, captured by Dutch and Swedes, 7.
Calendar, the act of Parliament to correct, in 1751, 33; action of Friends upon, 34.
Calcon Hook, 505, 735.
Calcon Hook road relaid out, 505.
Campanins, Rev. John, 276. Catholics (Roman), first mission of, 31. Calico printing, first, io county, 519.
Camp-Meeting, Brandywine Summit, 491. Cave Field, 532.
Cassin, Isaac S., 675. Cassin, John, 674. Centennial, celebration of, in Chester, 414. Childs, George W., 697.
Christian, Young Men's, Association in Chester, 410.
Chapman, Henry, 236. Chelsea, 306. Charter of Chester Borough, 329. Chad's Ford, 313. Chads' Inn, 325, 326. Chads, Francis, 482. Chads family, 313, 325.
Cheney, Thomas (justice), services of, to Wash- ington at the battle of Brandywine, 58, 703. Cheyney, John, 703. Cheyney, Robert, 703. Cheyney, Charles M., 310.
Chester County, original boundaries of, 26; complaints respectiog deputy surveyor of, 26 ; disputes concerning northwestern bound- ary, 30.
Chester City, named by William Penn on his landing (according to some accounts), 20; other statements concerning the application of the name, 21 ; petition to make it a free port, 30, 330; endeavor to have the town mede seat of local government, 31; the site of the city in 1644, 327; the original owners of the soil, 327 ; Joran Keen, 327; name, 327; Penn's lodging-place, 328; first street lald out, 328; chartered as a borough, 329 ; slow growth, 330; Whitefield preaches in the bor- ough, 330 ; enterprise of Jasper Yeates, 330; Francis Richardson, 330; first description of the town after the Revolution, 331; beginning of improvement, 331 ; the town in 1832, 332 ; a new charter, city government, 333 ; officials, 333, 334 ; Friends' meeting-houses and grave- yards, 334, 335, 336 ; churches, 337; schoole, 348, 361; piers, 361 ; old houses, 352, 364 ; licensed taverns, 364; Gen. William Henry Harrison, as a visitor, 368; a memento of the Revolu- tion in the walls of the Steamboat Hotel, 371 ; banks and bankers in, 373, 380; Chester Li- brary, 380 ; Institute of Science, 381 ; Jeffer- son Library Association, 382; newspapers, 382; county bridges, 385; rapid strides in ma- terial improvement, 387 ; ship-building, 387; Roach's ship-yard, 388; vessels built at, 388, 389 ; sketch of John Roach, 389-391 ; Sanville spar-yard, 392; Frick's boat-yard, 392; court- houses and prisons, 392; dawn of prosperity, 396; the pioneer factory of James Campbell, 396; other mills, 397-406; insurance compa- pies, 406-408; Farmere' Market Company.
408; water-works, 408 ; street railroads, 409 ; Union League, 409 ; Republican League, 410; Young Men's Christian Association, 410; building associations, 411; military, 412; fire department, 412; parades and public demonstrations, 414-417; secret and benevo- lent societies, 417, 422 ; post-office, 422 ; first jewelry-store, 422; old settlers, 422; miecel- laneous items, 422, 423.
Chester Township, 424; title to laods in, 424, 425; Carter family, 425; Eleanor Dod, 425; copper-mines, 426; pottery, 426; depreda- tions by British soldiers, 426; inhabitants io 1799, 426; schools, 427.
Churches, in Tinicum, 276; Mount Hope M. E. in Aston, 300; Crozerville M. E. in Aston, 301; Crozer Chapel in Aston, 302; "The Blue Church" in Aston, 302; Baptist Church at Village Green (Aston), 302; Bap- tist Chapel at Bridgewater, 302; Calvary Episcopal Church in Aston, 302 ; St. Thomas' Catholic Church, Ivy Mills, 303; Siloam M. E. in Bethel, 308; Presbyterian in Birm- iogbam, 315; Baptist in Birmingham, 316; St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal, Birming- ham, 317; Churches in Chester: St. Paul's, 337; churches as places of refuge and de- fense, 337-340; St. Luke's Protestant Episco- pal, 341; St. Michael's, 342; Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, 343 ; First Bap- tist, 343; Madison Street M. E., 344; Trinity M. E., 345; Union African M. E., 346; As- bury African M. E., 346 ; First Presbyterian, 346; Chester City Presbyterian, 347; Third Presbyterian, 347; St. Paul's German Lu- theran, 34S; Baptist in Upland, 433; Method- ist in South Chester, 439 : St. Daniel's M. E., 439; First Baptist, 439; Baptist Chapel, 439 ; African M. E., 440; Bethany. Mission, 440; Baptist in North Chester, 443; St. Martin's Episcopal in Lower Chichester (Marcus Hook ), 460; St. George's M. E. in Lower Chichester. 462; Baptist in, 463; Hebron Af- rican M. E. in, 464; Church of England in Radnor, 679; M. E. in Radnor, 688; in Concord, 485; St. John'e Episcopal, 485; Roman Catholic, 485-492. In Darby : Pres- byterian, 512; African M. E, 513. In Darby Borough : Mount Zion M. E., 522; Presbyte- rian Church of Darby Borough, 522. In Upper Darby : First New Jerusalem, 535; Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal, 535; Clifton Meth- odist Episcopal, 535 ; St. Charles Borromeo, 536; St. Stephen's Episcopal, 536; Fern- wood Methodist Episcopal, 551; Methodist Church in Edgmont, 655. In Haverford : St. Dennis', 574; Betliesda Methodist Epis- copal, 575; Presbyterian Church of Marple, 581; Union American Episcopal, 582. Of Media: Methodist Episcopal, G02; Presby- terian, 602; Christ (Episcopal), 602; of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, 602 ; Baptist, 602. In Middletown: Presbyteriau, 613; Presbyterian at Glen Riddle, 616; Lima Methodist Episcopal, 617 ; Honeycomb Meth- odist Episcopal, 617. In Newtown : Seventh- Day Baptist Church and burial-place, 643; Newtown Baptist, 643; St. David's, 644-648. In Nether Providence: Union Methodist Episcopal, 656; Presbyterian at Todmorten, 656. In Radnor : Methodist Episcopal, 688 ; Wayne Presbyterian, 690; Radnor Baptist, 691 ; Church of the Good Shepherd, 691. In Thornbury : Wayside Church, 704; Stony Bank Methodist, 705; Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal, 705; African M. E., 705. In Springfield : Lownes' Free Church, 717. In
Morton: Kedron Methodist Episcopal, 725; Church of the Atonement, 725. In Ridley : Fres Christian, 739 ; Leiper's, 739; Baptist Chapel, 739. In Ridley Park : Baptist, 747; Presbyterian, 747; Christ Protestaot Episcopal, 748.
Civil War, opening of, 114; first Delaware com- pany mustered, 115; Fourth Regiment P .V., 115; Union Blues, or Company I, Ninth Reg- iment, 115, 116; meetings of the people in Chester and Media, 115, 116; Twenty-sixth Regiment, 117; Company K, 118; Thirtieth Regiment, 119; Company C, 119; Company F, 120; Fifty-eighth Regiment, 123; Company A, 123; Sixtieth Regiment, 124; Ninety- seventh Regiment, 126; Company D, 127; Company G, 128 ; Company I, 130; One Hun- dred and Sixth Regiment, 132 ; One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment, 133; One Hondred and Nineteenth Regiment, 133; One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, 135; Company B, 136; Company D, 137; Company H, 139; Tenth Regiment Militia, 141: Sixteenth Regiment Militia, 141 ; Twenty-fourth Regi- ment Militia, 142; Independent Company Militia, 142; One Hundred and Fifty-second Regiment, 143; One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment, 143; emergency troops, 146, 147 ; One Hundred And Eighty-eighth Regiment, 148 ; One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Reg- iment, 148 ; Company A, 149; One Hundred and Ninety-eighth Regiment, 151 ; Two Hun- dred and Third Regiment, 152; Two Hun- dred and Thirteenth Regiment, 153; hospital at Upland, 433, 434.
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