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In 1879 Mr. Glennan was joined in mar- riage with Mary Kevill, who comes of a very prominent family of this county, being a daughter of Capt. Thomas and Augustine L. ( Shield) Kevill. They became parents of five children, as follows : Edward Kevill, born September 28, 1880, who is identified with the Virginian-Pilot; Mary Bell, born April 4. 1884: Michael, who was born August 3. 1885 : Alma Augustine, born May 18, 1888; and William Shield, born June 15, 1893. Mr. Glennan died March 3, 1899. and his death was mourned by his fellow citizens as a sad loss to the community. He was one of the founders of the Norfolk Public Library and was one of its presidents. He was also a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Both he and his wife were devout members of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Father O'Keefe, pastor. He was a member of all the Catholic societies of Norfolk.
Mr. Glennan was a very charitably dis- posed man and believed in giving one-half of his net earnings toward the relief of those in destitute circumstances or who had met with misfortune. For many years this continued to be his practice. Many letters of regret came to the family after his death, expressing the feel- ings of those whom he had befriended.
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A MOS B. SLAYMAKER, a successful druggist of Berkley, Norfolk Coun- ty. Virginia, was born in Rocking- ham County, Virginia, and is a son of Amos B. and Elizabeth J. ( Clarke) Slaymaker. the father a native of Pennsylvania and the mother of Virginia.
Mr. Slaymaker comes of a family which for many years was prominent in the affairs of Pennsylvania. The first one of the family to come to this country was one Mathias Slay- maker. The name was originally spelled Schleiermacher, and was changed at the time Mathias came to America. He came from Strassburg, in Alsace (then in France), and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he bought 1,000 acres of land of the London Company. His title was confirmed by William Penn, and the document and land still continue in possession of the family. He had a brother. Major William, who was in what was known as the "Giant Regiment." of the first king of Prussia, the father of Fred- erick the Great of Prussia. Another brother was charge d'affaires at the Court of St. James (England) during the reign of Fred- erick the Great. One of the ancestors of this family established, under the direction of Frederick the Great, the University of Berlin. The descendants of Mathias Slaymaker with one exception remained in Lancaster County. Pennsylvania.
Henry Slaymaker, the great-great-grand- father of Amos B., participated, as captain, in Braddock's expedition in the French and In- dian War, and was in the attack on Fort Du- quesne when General Braddock was mortally wounded and his army routed. He was also in the Revolutionary War. He had a sister. Isabella Slaymaker, from whom all the clergy- men of the Duffield family have descended. Amos Slaymaker, great-grandfather of Amos B., was a delegate to the convention that framed the first constitution of the State of Pennsylvania. He was one of the first con- gressmen elected from that State, and took au
tactive part in the Revolutionary War. He had a son, Jasper, who was attorney of Lan- caster County, Pennsylvania, and also repre- sented that county in the State Legislature. Until his death he was associated in practice with James Buchanan, afterward President of the United States. W. T. Slaymaker, grand- father of the subject of this biography, was an officer in the War of 1812. Amos B. Slay- maker, father of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, became a dry goods mer- chant in Alexandria, Virginia, and continued as such for a period of 40 years. His business extended over Northeastern Virginia, and he was a widely-known man. He was a member of the Sixth Regiment, Virginia Cavalry. throughout the Confederate War. He was promoted to the commissary department and was commissioned a captain. Although he saw much hard service. he was never wounded or taken captive. He had a brother, Henry C., who received two wounds, which finally resulted in his death. Amos B. Slay- maker served in the Army of Northern Vir- ginia under command of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart. He was married in 1859, and this union was productive of seven children, all of whom re- side in Alexandria, Virginia, and Washing- ton, D. C., except the subject of this sketch. Mr. Slavmaker afterward married Florence Milburn, who now resides in Alexandria.
Amos B. Slaymaker, Jr., after his school days went into the drug business and later graduated from the Pharmaceutical School of Washington, in 1890. He began clerking in a drug store while in college, and remained there eight years. He then removed to Loudoun County, Virginia, where he was engaged in the drug business for two years, and then came to Norfolk in 1891. He followed his profes- sion in Norfolk for a period of 10 years, and then removed to his present position in Berkley from Martin's Pharmacy, of Norfolk. He bought his present store in December, 1901. and has good prospects for a successful busi- ness.
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Mr. Slaymaker was joined in the bonds of matrimony, November 30, 1899, with Ada L. Fred, a daughter of Burr Fred, of Virginia. He and his wife are church members. He is a member of the Masonic order, and is also a corporal of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues. a military organization which had its incep- tion February 22, 1828. It is worthy of note that this battery was the first to visit the North after the Confederate War.
HOMAS WININGDER, a highly suc- cessful butcher of Berkley, Norfolk County, Virginia, was born in Balti- more, Maryland, December 27, 1829. a son of Lewis and Eliza Winingder. Lewis Winingder was born in 1789, and died in 1845 ; his wife, who was born in 1784, died in 1868. He was a Catholic, and his wife was a Baptist. Of 10 children born to them, Thomas is the only one surviving.
Thomas Winingder was educated in Balti- more. He embarked in the meat business while in that city. In 1860 he settled in Norfolk, where he was engaged in business for five years, and removed to Berkley in September, 1865. He has followed the butchering busi- ness all his life, and has been very successful. He well remembers when the spot on which the Norfolk Market now stands was, about 25 years ago, used for a boat landing. He has often watched the fishermen catching crabs and fish there. Mr. Winingder handles his own slaughtered meat, and no better can be ob- tained anywhere. He handles only the choicest of meats, and his patrons are served promptly and efficiently.
Mr. Winingder was married in October. 1859. to Fannie Petherbridge, a native of Maryland, and to them was born one child .- Thomas. Thomas, who is engaged in busi- ness with his father, married Lizzie Moore, and they have a daughter,-Mildred. The first wife of the subject of this sketch died at the
age of 38 years. He married. secondly, two years later. Emma J. Dougherty, a naive of Baltimore. and they had two daughters, namely: Hattie, the wife of E. L. Cunning- ham, of Newport News: and Frances R. Mrs. Emma Dougherty Winingder died June 3, 1886, and Mr. Winingder formed a third union, wedding Sarah J. Robinson, also a na- tive of Baltimore. She is a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Winingder is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and is a trustee of his lodge. He is a stockholder in the People's Bank of Berkley. and owns the eight acres of land on which he resides. He is proud of the fact that lie has never spent $25 for physician's bills, and also that he has not drank liquors of any kind. He is a man of exemplary habits, and is a worthy and most highly esteemed citizen.
ORMAN FRISTOE ALLEN, an at- torney-at-law of Norfolk County. Virginia, is a member of the firm of Allen & Allen, the senior member being his father, L. B. Allen. He was born in Berkley, Norfolk County, Vir- ginia. January 9, 1878. and is one of ten chil- dren born to his parents.
L. B. Allen was born in Norfolk, Virginia. May 8, 1848. He received his education in Columbian College (now University) at Washington, D. C., and was graduated in 1868. with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He received the degree of Master of Arts from that institution in 1871. He then taught school in Norfolk with William B. Rodman. and was afterward principal of the Boush street school, then known as the First Ward public school. He then studied law with the firm of Scarburg, Duffield & Sharp, and was admitted to the bar in 1871. He formed a partnership with Judge George D. Parker. which existed from 1877 to 1886, after which time he practiced alone until he formed a part- nership with his son, in 1901.
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Norman Fristce Allen attended private schools in Berkley, and took a course vi study in Rev. Robert Gatew wod's school fur boys. and at Bowling Green Academy in Car line County, finishing his law course at Richmond College at Richmond, Virginia. in 1000. He spent a year in his father's office and was ad- mitted to the bar by the Supreme Court wi Virginia. July 5. 1901. He then began the active practice of law on July 22 of that year. at Berkley, maintaining an office on Berkley avenue. He is in partnership with his father under the firm name of Allen & Allen, a firm which practices in all courts. It is a strong legal combination and stands well among the law firms of the city. Religiously. the subject of this sketch is a member of the Berkley Ave- nute Baptist Church. He is a Democrat in poli- tics, and takes an active part in political mat- ters.
OHN G. DEBAUN, whose portrait :> herewith shown. is a prosperous farm- er. residing four miles south of Berk- ley. in Norfolk County, Virginia, and Comes of a family well known in this section. He was born at Saddle River, Ber- gen County. New Jersey. January 2. 1850. and is a son of Garrett Duryea and Elizabeth ( Young ) DeBaun.
On his mother's side Mr. DeBaun can trace his descent from Hendrick Young, who emi- grated from Germany to this country with his parents at six years of age, and was bound out to service until he was 21 years old to pay iur his passage to America.
chillren barn t Jac b Young and Anna Chri -- tie, his wife: Hendrick. Elizabeth. Jamie -. Hannah. Jacob. Ana an 1 1 '11.
James Young. third chill i Jacob Young. was born November 5. 1707. Hear Ramsey -. Bergen County. New Jersey, and was married n Saturday, February o. 1822 10 Anna Polis. who was born Trestav. October 20. 18 7. ar i a granddaughter, on her mother's ile wi Abraham and Dorcas Durat Acker-ne James Young was among the best educated. 4. great advocate i temperance, and not one of his descendant to this da are intemperate. He was a pillar of his church and choir ma -- ter for many years. The Ad homestead that has been held by the Young- fur many genera- tiens is still in the hands of the family. James Young had his arm amputated July 27. 1850. and died from the results bi the operation on May 15. 1861. The following named children constituted the family of James and Anna (Pulis) Young: Anna. bern February 3. 1822. married to William G. DeBaun October 2. 1847. died May 8. 1856: Jacob Pulis, born May 24. 1826, married to Ellen Maria Acker- man February 12. 1843: Mary, bern Augus: 29. 1827. died May 3. 1837, with scarlet fever : Elizabeth, born Sunday, February 15. 1829. married to Garrett Duryea DeBarn on Mon- day. January 1. 1840: Hannah. horn Friday. September 21. 1832. diel Inne Q. 1837, with scarlet fever: Maria Mary). born November 14. 1838. married October 0. 1855, tu Nicholas Hopper Ackerman: Harriet, Worn Augus: 14. 18:2. marriedl t John 1. Hopper. Apr: 10. 1859: Elizabeth Young, the fourth chill. i- the mother of Joan G. DeBaun, the subject ni this sketch.
Jacob Young, son of Hendrick Young. was born March 18. 1763. On the Ist of In regar l to the de-cent vi hodin G. DeBat:n in his father's side. we have the in wing : The DeBaun- were originally French. but dar- ing the religious persecution directed again -: the Huguen :, they fed : , Hallal. tierce to America. York DeBarn, the first ne that came in this country. came here :" May. 1,91. he married Anna Christie, who was a daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Cooper ) Christie, and was born April 6. 1773. Her father served in the Revolutionary War as a post rider, carrying dispatches. Jacob Young died February n. 1833. agel 71 years. 10 months and 20 days. The following were the . 1086 with his land's, in which there were in"
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children, two sons and two daughters .- Mattie. Jacobus. Coral and Christina. Jacobus, the second child, married Anneke Van Ressaler. January 12, 1709: she was a near relative of King William II, of England, and stadtholder of the Netherlands, and came to this country and settled in New Amsterdam.
Coral DeBaun, the third child of Yonk DeBaun, married Annytie Haring, and they had eleven children.
Jacob DeBaun, the fifth child of Coral and Annytie ( Haring ) DeBaun, was born October 3. 1728. and died November 19, 18II. He married Rachel Cole, and they had a family of nine children.
Petrus DeBaun, the third child of Jacob and Rachel (Cole) DeBaun, was born July 15. 1759. and married Jacamynte Westervelt. They had six children, namely: Rachel, mar- ried to Henry Wannamaker ; Johanus P., mar- ried to Polly Mary Storms ; Magdalena, mar- ried to Koon Wannamaker ; Maria Polly, mar- ried to Joseph Rider; Jacob, married to Miss Acker.
Johanus P. DeBaun, second child of Petrus and Jacamynte ( Westervelt) DeBaun, born August 4, 1784. married Molly Mary Storms, who was born February 3. 1790, the marriage occurring December 7, 1807. Their children were the following: Jemima, born March 9, 1807. married to Jeremiah Ryker in 1829: Catherine, born November 6. 1809, married to David Ackerson; Rachel, born August 22, 1811. married to James Wilson in 1831 ; John. born September 2, 1813, married Letty Folly in 1834; Peter, born October 15, 1815. married Theodosia Odell: Abraham, born November 6. 1817. married Sarah Morse; Margaret, born September 7. 1810, died May 25. 1820; Jacob. born February 17, 1822, married Maria Acker- man : Margaret ( 2) and Joseph, born April 19. 1824. twins: Garrett Duryea, born October 17. 1826, the father of our subject. John G. DeBaun : William G., born September 19. 1828. married Anna Young : and Isaac, born August 15, 1833. Johanus P. DeBaun, his wife, father
and mother. and grandparents, are buried in the cemetery of the Dutch Reformed Church at Saddle River. Bergen County, New Jersey. This cemetery has been the final resting place of the DeBaun family for many, many years.
Garrett Duryea DeBaun, the eleventh child of Johanus P. DeBaun and his wife, Molly Mary Storms, was born in New Jersey October 17, 1826, and has always followed farming. He removed to Norfolk County, Virginia, in March, 1869. and located near Providence Church, where he purchased a farm. He re- sided there until he moved to Princess Anne County, where he now lives. While residing in New Jersey he was joined in marriage with Elizabeth Young, who was born in New Jer- sey in 1829, and they reared the following off- spring : John G., subiect of this biographical record : Hattie: James Y., a record of whose life appears elsewhere in this work; Theodosia ; Peter : and Jacob.
John G. DeBaun was educated in New Jer- sey and attended Mountain Institute (in Rock- land County, New York). He took to agri- cultural pursuits at an early age and lived with his father until 1876, the date of his mar- riage. He owns some 300 acres of land and carries on general farming, raising some stock. In 1900 he erected a modern ro-room house of two stories, and has a very comfortable as well as attractive home. The DeBaun family own about 1,000 acres of land in Washington district, Norfolk County. Virginia, and is a very prominent family.
On January 5. 1876. John G. DeBaun mar- ried Maria Wright at the home of Mathew Hare, in Oaklette, Norfolk County, Virginia. She had lived with the Hare family since the death of her mother in 1859. In 1866 they moved to Norfolk County from Ogdensburg, New York. She was a daughter of James Wright and Emma Basford, his wife, who were married in 1848 near Ingersoll, Canada. By this marirage were the following children : John : Sarah : Adline : Maria (Mrs. DeBaun). born .August 6, 1854: Samuel and Edward. -
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Mrs. Maria ( Wright ) DeBaun is a grand- daughter of Emma Glomer, who was born at Baughterbey Hall. Cheshire. England, and came to this country about 1843, and died in the Province of Quebec soon after. Mrs. De- Baun's grandfather Basford died in Ingersoll. Canada, and his parents died in Bartomsly. Cheshire. England. and are buried in a vault there. Her father. James Wright, was born in England and came to this country with his sister. Mrs. John Carr, and her husband. Mrs. Carr died very young. leaving two children. both of whom are dead. To the union of John G. and Maria (Wright) DeBaun were born these children: Garetta M., who married Frank Curlin : Maria: and Theodosia. The family are members of Providence Christian Church. Mr. DeBaun is a Democrat and a prominent member of the Grange.
AMES T. CASTEEN. a rising young business man of Norfolk. Virginia. who is in the employ of the Old Dominion Steamship Company, was born October 4. 1873. and is a son of John T. and Alberta ( Gray) Casteen. His parents were natives of Virginia.
James T. Casteen was a pupil in public and private schools at Portsmouth. September 7. 1888. he secured a position with the Chesa- peake & Ohio Railway Company at its termi- nus in Portsmouth. He worked as office boy, and later for C. P. Brownley, agent of the same company. In July. 1890. he secured a position as clerk in the office of that company's super- intendent of floating property at Newport News, under the supervision of W. N. Cook- sey. This position was previously filled by C. St. John Howard, who at present is purser on the steamer "Virginia." which plies be- tween Norfolk and Newport News.
Mr. Casteen continued his work with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company until January. 1891, when he entered the employ of 48
the Freidlin wholesale grocery house in Ports- mouth, Virginia, where he remained until May, 1891. He then accepted a position with E. C. Brooks & Company, general commission and produce merchants, located at Portsmouth. He remained in their employ until the fall of 1891, at which time he accepted a position with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Com- pany and the Old Dominion Steamship Com- pany, working under C. P. Brownley. Later Mr. Casteen was transferred to the general offices at the corner of Church and Water streets in Norfolk. He is now filling the posi- tion of O. S. and D. clerk. Mr. Casteen is one of the brightest and most progressive young men of the city, and is possessed of un- tiring energy and zeal. He readily gains the confidence of those who employ him, and his future career seems very promising.
He was married May 17, 1899. to a daugh- ter of John W. Rutter. Mr. Rutter and his wife, Esther Parker Rutter. are natives of North Carolina. Mr. Casteen and his wife have one child,-John T. Mrs. Casteen is a member of the South Street Baptist Church.
D R. THOMAS JUDSON WRIGHT, a prominent physician of Churchland. Norfolk County. Virginia, whose portrait accompanies this sketch. was born in Nansemond County. Vir- ginia. September 26, 1845. He is a son of A. J. and Martha ( Smelley ) Wright.
W. J. Wright, the father of our subject. was born in Nansemond County, March S. 1819. and departed this life in 1874. He was a prominent and wealthy citizen of that county all his life. He married Martha Smelley, who was born in Virginia in 1821. They reared five children, namely: Joseph S .. deceased. who was a member of the Signal Corps. C. S. Army : John H., a captain in Col. William H. Stewart's regiment. the 61st Regiment. Vir- ginia Infantry; William S .. deceased, who was
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adjutant of the 6Ist Regiment, Virginia In- fantry ; J. Edwin, deceased, a member of the Signal Corps. C. S. Army ; and Thomas Jud- son.
Thomas Judson Wright, whose name opens these lines, attended the Yate's school at Belle- ville, and later Columbian University, at Washington, D. C., from which he was grad- uated in 1870. receiving the degrees of A. B. and M. D. He then attended the medical de- partment of the University of New York and. after graduating in the class of 1871, located at Edenton, North Carolina, where he prac- ticed in partnership with Dr. W. R. Capehart, until 1874.
After taking a post-graduate course in New York, he took up the practice of his pro- fession in 1875 in Churchland. He is a splen- did physician, with a thorough knowledge of his profession, and his reputation has been es- tablished in Norfolk County. He enjoys a large practice and stands high in his profes- sion.
Dr. Wright was married, January 10, 1881, to Mary E. Johnson, of Petersburg, Virginia, who was born March 30, 1852. They have two children namely : Thomas Judson. Jr .: and Anna S. Dr. Wright is a member of the Sea- board Medical Association, and the Norfolk Medical Society. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias. Religiously he is a Bap- tist, being a deacon in the church.
R. BENJAMIN MAY BAKER re- sides at No. 177 Freemason street, and his office is at No. 61 Granby street, Norfolk. Virginia.
Dr. Baker was born August 8, 1865, at Petersburg, Virginia. His boyhood was spent in that city during the weary and burdensome period known as "reconstruction times."
After a brief preliminary schooling the sub- ject of this sketch was sent to the University
of Virginia. He then attended the Columbia Medical College, where he graduated in 1889. Soon after obtaining his medical diploma he came to Norfolk, where he began the practice of medicine, in which he is still engaged.
In the spring of 1894 Dr. Baker made a trip to New York City, where he was united in marriage to Theodosia Burr Potts, of that city. They have three children,-Richard Henry, Helen May and Benjamin May, Jr.
R ICHARD M. PHELPS, a well-known civil engineer of Berkley, Norfolk County, Virginia, was born in Wash- ington County, North Carolina, July 31, 1871. He is a son of Hor- ace F. and Melissa E. (Snell) Phelps, both of whom were natives of North Carolina.
Horace F. Phelps was a civil engineer, and did much surveying in his county. He also taught school for a number of years, being both a public and private tutor. He was well and favorably known in his section of the State. His death occurred in 1895, at the age of 65 years. He was a member of the Episco- pal Church. His wife, a devout member of the Methodist Church, is still living, aged 56 years. Both were descended from old families of North Carolina. Three children were born to Horace F. Phelps and his wife, namely : Richard M., the subject of this sketch ; Pegram L., of Berkley ; and Lula, who lives in North Carolina.
Richard M. Phelps was educated princi- pally at the Creswell Academy, where he took a special course in civil engineering. He also gained much of his knowledge of that profes- sion from his father. He made his home in Washington County until 1894, when he re- moved to Edenton, North Carolina, where he opened an office, and worked for some time. In 1896 he removed to Norfolk, and has been in business for himself since that time. He left Norfolk to settle in Berkley, and from
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1897 until 1901 was construction engineer for the Berkley Street Railway Company. Since that time he has been the official engineer of the town, and has done much general work in civil engineering. 'He has established a good reputation as a civil engineer of much ability, and is well known in Norfolk County.
On May 23, 1893. Mr. Phelps was united in marriage with Edna Phelps, a native of North Carolina. They bore no relationship to each other. although the family names were identical. Mrs. Phelps was a daughter of Hardy Phelps, and for many years was a teacher. She taught school, both in public and private institutions in North Carolina, for six years. She died in 1897. in her 27th year. leaving one child,-Richard M ..- who is named for his father. Mr. Phelps formed a second marriage, wedding Alna Shell, of Richmond, Virginia. November 22, 1899. She is a daughter of L. R. and Ada Shell, and has one daughter .- Alma May.
Mr. Phelps has met with much success in his profession, and has made for himself a host of warm friends, who admire him for his many good traits of character. He and his wife attend the Episcopal Church.
APT. ELLSBERRY V. WHITE. now connected with important com- mercial and financial interests of Norfolk. Virginia, is well known throughout the South through his association as engineer with the famous iron- clad ram, C. S. S. "Virginia." whose brief service in Hampton Roads attracted the atten- tion of the civilized world. He is a native of Georgia, and was born in Wilkinson County in 1839. When he was a child his parents moved to Macon, where he was schooled and apprenticed to a machinist, in which line he worked for several years, and fitted himself un- wittingly for his future distinguished service.
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