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THE TRIPLETT FAMILY.
The Triplett Family. The Triplett family came from England and was among the settlers of Jamestown. John Triplett, the first in Randolph County, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 28, 1778. He came to Virginia when a boy eighteen or nineteen years old, having run away from his mas- ter, a tanner to whom he was bound. He was married young to a Miss Kittle, who seems to have been of a different family from Abraham Kittle. To them were born fourteen children, two of whom died in infancy. Of those who lived to' manhood and womanhood, Ephrain, Jacob, Moses and Job spent their lives and reared families in Randolph County. William and Loami settled in Kanawha County, where they spent their lives. Eli and James went to Missouri after marrying in Randolph, Eli to Margaret Hart, a daughter of James Hart, and James to Deborah Harris, a daughter of Henry Harris, of
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Leading Creek. Ann was the wife of Archibald Ferguson, and Mary, the wife of Solomon Ferguson. Eunice was the wife of Isaac Taylor.
In April, 1829, after the death of the first wife, John Trip- lett and Nancy Kittle were married. She was a Bennett, and came from Fauquier County, and was born in 1798. Her first husband was the brother of his first wife. Her son by the first marriage was Maj. Ben Kittle, and a daughter was the mother of Lloyd and Hamilton Ismer. To this union were born Martha, who married Amasa Kittle, Rachael, who mar- ried Arnold Wilmoth, Harriet, who married William Fergu- son, (John J. Ferguson is the only living child) ; John J., who went to Montana when the trouble between the North and South came up and died there in the eighties ; Randolph Trip- lett, born August 28, 1837; Hickman, who went to Nebraska about twenty-five years ago and now lives in British Colum- bia ; and Anthony, who lives near Grafton in Taylor County.
Jasper and Owen Triplett were sons of Job. Elijah Trip- lett was the son of Jacob, and the sons of Ephriam were Mil- ton and David.
Floyd J. Triplett, son of Randolph and Sarah (Kittle) Triplett, was born in 1863. Ile married Ella May, daughter of Archibald and Caroline (Taylor) Wilmoth. Children, Eva Belle, Samuel, Lucebia Maria, Sallie and Clare. Mr. Triplett has been editor of the Randolph Enterprise and Tygarts Val- ley News, and was county clerk in 1891-7. He is now editor of the Plymouth, N. C., Independent.
Jasper W. Triplett, son of Job and Sydney (Wilmoth) Triplett, was born in 1842 and died in 1914. He married Eliza Chenoweth. Children, Wade H., George and Delphia, who married Rev. Wm. Flint. Wade married Louie Lambert. Children, Delphia, Mary, Hellen, Preston and Revely. Gray- don died in infancy. Jasper Triplett was assessor of Randolph twelve years.
THE TALLMAN FAMILY.
The Tallman Family. In the veins of this family flows the blood of the old pioneer and hero, Daniel Boone, of Ken- tucky, Boone Tallman having married Mary Logan, a sister
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of the late James H. Logan of Randolph County, and be- come the father of Robert L. Tallman, who was a farmer and surveyor of Barbour County, West Virginia. The latter mar- ried Harriet L. Blake, daughter of Herod and Elizabeth Blake, of which union there were born Floyd Ellis Tallman and four other children.
Floyd Ellis Tallman, son of Robert L. and Harriet (Blake) Tallman, residents of Barbour County, West Vir- ginia, was born March 9, 1882, in Barbour County, West Vir- ginia. He spent his early years on the farm, during which time he attended the rural schools until the year 1900, when he became a teacher in the public schools of his native county. and during the years 1900-1905 he was a teacher in the rural schools of Barbour County and a student of Wesleyan Col- lege at Buckhannon, West Virginia, from which institution he graduated in the year 1905. In the fall of 1905 he entered the college of law of the West Virginia University, where he continued for the school year of 1905-1906. In September 1906, he was married to Bess Lillian Talbott, daughter of George E. and Ellen E. Talbott of Barbour County. During the winter of 1906-7 he taught in the public schools of Bar- bour County. In the fall of 1907 Mr. and Mrs. Tallman moved to Elkins, Randolph County, where they have since resided. Mr. Tallman held the position of principal of the grammar school of the city of Elkins for the years 1907-8 and 1908-9, returning to the West Virginia University in the fall of 1909, where he again resumed his law studies, com- pleting his course in the spring of 1910. He was admitted to practice law in Randolph County in November, 1910, and soon thereafter entered into partnership with the Hon. J. F. Strader under the firm name of Strader & Tallman, and has remained in the active practice of his profession since. In August, 1911, he was appointed commissioner in chancery of the circuit court of Randolph County, a position which he still holds, and in 1912 he was elected as a member of the Elkins city council from the Second ward, having been the candidate of the two leading parties. He is also a member of the Republican party.
Mr. Tallman is a member of Delta Chapter of the Phi
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Sigma Kappa college fraternity at Morgantown, West Vir- ginia ; a member of Elkins Chapter Royal Arcanum, and a member of the Masonic Blue Lodge and Chapter at Elkins, West Virginia. His wife, Bess Lillian (Talbott) Tallman graduated from Wesleyan College at Buckhannon in the year 1904 in the literary and elocution courses, and is very active in the Methodist Episcopal church and its societies. Mr. and Mrs. Tallman have two daughters, Lucille and Mary Louise. Their home is at 220 Boundary Avenue.
THE TAYLOR FAMILY.
The Taylor Family. The progenitor of the Taylor family in Randolph was Isaac, who moved to the South Branch from Kentucky in about 1800, and thence to this county. He mar- ried Elizabeth Hays of Hardy. Children, John, Washington, Polly, Jemima, Elizabeth, Sarah, Caroline; Susannah, Nim- rod, James and Isaac.
John married Susannah, daughter of Levi Coberly. Their children were, Alfred, Amanda, Allen, Felix, Andrew, Wm. H., who died while in the Confederate service during the Civil War, Elam B., and Percy. Washington married Melvina Chenoweth, Polly married William Wilmoth, Jemima mar- ried Samuel Wilmoth, Elizabeth married Edwin Stalna- ker, Sarah married Hamilton Skidmore, Caroline married Archibald Wilmoth, Susannah married Samuel Channel, Nim- rod married Margaret Coberly, James married Deborah Skid- more. Isaac married a Miss Triplett, Rebecca never married.
Andrew, son of John and Susannah Taylor, was born in 1835. In 1858 he married Louise Dyer daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth ( Dyer) Ward. Mrs. Taylor's grandfather, James Dyer, was at the Fort Seybert massacre in Pendleton and was captured by the Indians. He remained in captivity three years when he made his escape and returned to his peo- ple. He was fourteen years old at the time of the massacre and capture. James and Nancy (Hall) Dyer had but one child, who married Jacob Ward. The children of Andrew and Louise (Dyer) Ward were Blain W., Annie Laurie, Ida B. and Gretta V.
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Ida B. married J. G. Nestor. Gretta V. married W. L. Wilhide.
The children of John and Susannah Coberly Taylor were Alfred, Amanda, Allen, Felix, Andrew, Wm. H., Elam B. and Perry.
Nimrod Taylor, born 1815, son of the first Isaac, married 1834 Margaret, daughter of Levi Coberly. Children, Martha. Washington Kiner, Lucinda, Phoeba M .. Hamilton S., John Columbus. James Monroe, Columbia Jane, Isaac Louis and Margaret E.
Allen Taylor, born 1831, son of John and Susannah (Co- berly) Taylor, married first, Elizabeth Ward, and after her death Eltha, daughter of John K. and Sarah Chenoweth. Chil- dren, Louisa, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Florida and William C.
Hamilton S. Taylor, son of Nimrod and the grandson of the first Isaac, was born in 1844. He married in 1866, Eliza- beth M. Vanscoy. Children, William C., Dorsey F., Lacey M. and Lucy B.
Felix Taylor, son of John and Susannah (Coberly) Tay- lor, was born in 1833, married in 1859 to Lucinda, daughter of Nimrod Taylor. Children, Sheffey. William Haymond and Emma Harriet.
Washington Coyner Taylor, born in 1838, died in 1896. son of Nimrod and Margaret (Coberly) Taylor: married in 1861 Jane, daughter of Elijah Nelson. Children. Elam, Sam- uel Lee, Nimrod. Lizzie, French, Alice, Delphia, Maud and Ella.
Elam E. Taylor, born in 1862, married in 1885 to Lydia Ann, daughter of Levi and Mary (Canfield) Coberly. One child, Marvin Lucius, who is a civil engineer in the govern- ment service.
Isaac, son of the first Isaac Taylor, married a Miss Trip- lett. Children, Judson, Levi, Eli and Elizabeth, who married Jesse Coberly.
John, son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Hays) Taylor, was a prominent man in Randolph. He represented Randolph in the Virginia Assembly two terms and was a member of the West Virginia Legislature also two terms.
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Blain Ward Taylor, son of Andrew and L tise Dyer (Ward) Taylor, was educated in the public schools and the Fairmont Normal school, where he graduated in 1886. He taught in the public schools of the county a number of terms, teaching his first school when 14 years old. He served two terms as superintendent of schools of Randolph. He served two terms as committee clerk in the West Virginia Legisla- ture. In 1882 he was appointed to revalue the lands in the second assessment district of Randolph County. During Gov- ernor Fleming's administration he was chief clerk in the De- partment of State. In 1885 he was mail clerk on the B. & O. between Grafton and Baltimore, which position he held until 1888. In 1894 he was appointed chief clerk in the Dead Letter Office in Washington. In 1895 he was promoted to the po- sition of superintendent of the division of postoffice supplies. In 1897 he was again promoted to chief clerk in the postoffice department, which position he held for eight years, resigning to assume the management of part of the state of West Vir- ginia for the campaign of Parker and Davis for President and Vice President. Mr. Taylor was secretary of the Second Dis- trict Democratic congressional committee during the cam- paign of Col. Thomas B. Davis. Mr. Taylor has been engaged in the practice of law in Elkins for the past ten years.
Mr. Blain W. Taylor was united in marriage February 13, 1889, to May (Paxton) Jackson, daughter of Col. Alfred H. Jackson of Weston, West Virginia. Col. Jackson was Lieu- tenant Colonel of the Thirty-first Virginia Regiment under Stonewall Jackson, and was killed at the battle of Slaughter Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have the following children : Mary Louise, Elizabeth Jackson, Beatrice Washington, May Jackson, Jean Stuart died aged 3 years, and Beatrice Washing- ton died aged 16 years.
Children of Washington and Melvina (Chenoweth) Tay- lor were David B., who married Mary Ward, daughter of the second Jacob Ward: Hayes, who married Mary Yoke. Of this union was born Francis M. Taylor, who was the father of Howard, a merchant of Elkins.
Louise, daughter of Washington and Melvina (Cheno- weth) Taylor, married Oliver Wilmoth.
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Emaline, daughter of Washington and Melvina (Cheno- weth) Taylor, married Hyre Stalnaker, who were the parents of Rufus Stalnaker of Elkins.
Mary, daughter of Washington and Melvina (Chenoweth) Taylor, married Isaac Stalnaker.
Blake, son of O. W. and Virginia (Wamsley) Taylor, was born June 2, 1879. He was educated in the public schools and Fairmont Normal where he graduated in 1893. After teaching a few years he entered the West Virginia University where he graduated in the department of civil engineering. He was for three years city engineer of Elkins and spent one year in Central Kentucky in the engineering department of railroad construction. For a number of years he has been engaged in highway work as a profession and is now engaged in per- manent road improvement in Wyoming County. He married Stella, daughter of Dr. A. S. and Julia (Davis) Bosworth. Mr. Taylor is the grandson of Washington and the great grandson of the first Isaac Taylor. Mrs. Stella (Bosworth) Taylor is a graduate and post graduate of Emerson College of Oratory, Boston, and has taught in Glenville Normal school, Randolph Macon. Danville, Virginia, and two years in Great Falls, Montana, high school.
Captain W. H. Taylor of the Eighteenth Virginia Caval- ry was killed in the battle of Winchester. His brother, Elant B. Taylor, first lieutenant, was severely wounded in the same engagement. The command of the company then fell upon the Second Lieutenant, Job Parsons. Captain Taylor is spok- en of by his comrades as having been a brave soldier and much above the average in military ability.
Sheffey, son of Felix and Lucinda Taylor, was born in 1860. In 1883 he married Mary Ellen, daughter of Job and Martha (Chenoweth) Daniels. Children, Earle, O'Ferrell, Della, Wesley, Odbert, Haymond, Mary Jackson, Opal Mamie and Marion Francis. He was a merchant for a number of years at Kerens, taught in the public schools of the county for a number of years, and was assessor of Randolph County in 1892.
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THE WEESE FAMILY.
The Weese Family. This family is of German descent. For the origin of the surname see another chapter. Jacob Weese was the progenitor of the Weese family in Randolph. He was born in 1733 and died in 1826. He came to Randolph in the early days of the county and the family had recourse to the Wilson Fort in times of Indian raids into the Valley. The sons of Jacob Weese were Jacob, George, Daniel and John. The sons of the second Jacob were Absalom, Jacob, John and Eli. The sons of George were Zirus, Zaiba and Jacob, and the daughters were Rebecca, Catherine, Dorcas and Martha. Daniel's sons were Judson, Haymond and Duncan. John's sons were Elijah, John and Job.
Zirus Weese, son of George and Ruth (Morgan) Weese, married in 1828 Abigail, daughter of John L. and Deborah Hart. Children, Harriet, Deborah, Ruth, Ziba and Perry Hart.
Perry Hart Weese was born in 1840. In 1865 he married Alice Jewel, daughter of Joseph and Alice (Elliot) Harding. Children, Boyd, Kirk, Clyde, Glenn and Hope.
Boyd Weese was born in 1866. He was educated in the public schools and at the State University. Mr. Weese is a merchant and his store has grown from a cross-roads coun- try store to one of the largest department stores in Elkins. Mr. Weese was the nominee of the Democratic party for the State Senate in 1908. He has twice been mayor of the city of Elkins and has served on the city council. Mr. Weese mar- ried Knight, daughter of James J. and Margaret Stewart Burns of Fairmont, West Virginia. Children, Dorothy Burns and Donald Stuart.
THE WHITE FAMILY.
The White Family. This family of Whites was among the first settlers in the Valley in 1772-4. The Border Warfare mentions John and William White as prominent participants in Indian warfare in Randolph in pioneer days. Lieutenant John White was shot and killed from ambush by the Indians in 1778. In October of that year, in the upper part of the Val- ley, the savages, in hiding near the road, fired several shots
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at Lieutenant White but only wounded his horse which caus- ed him to dismount. On foot in open ground he was shot, tomahawked and scalped. William White was captured by the Indians in 1777. He was taken to their villages in Ohio where he procured a gun by artifice, shot an Indian, took his horse and made his way safely to the settlements in Randolph. At a later period he was killed by the Indians near the present town of Buckhannon.
John and William White settled in the Valley above Huttonsville and were the neighbors of the Crouches. the Haddans. the Currences and the Warwicks. Price's history of Pocahontas says: William White would frequently visit the home of Andrew Crouch, senior. and the Major had a vivid recollection of the impression White's appearance made upon his youthful mind as he walked the floor. he was so very tall and portly.
Isaac, son of John White, was born near Huttonsville in 1776. He moved, when a young man. to Beverly District. about a mile southwest of Beverly where he lived the remain- der of a long life. This land had been entered prior to 1780 by Cartine and Jacob White.
Isaac White. was born September. 1776: married Mar- garet Haddan. February 1. 1798. Children. Polly H .. born No- vember 9. 1798: John B .. born April 27. 1800: Rachel, born February 28. 1802. and Eliza. born December 4. 1804.
Children of John B. and Mary ( Reger) White, Amanda, born November 9. 1831: Lorenzo Dow White, born January 5. 1834: Margaret White. born September 2. 1836: F. M. White, born May 3. 1838. and Columbia White, born Febru- arv 12. 1849.
Amanda White married Mathew Ward : L. D. White mar- ried Emeline McLean: Margaret White died in youth : F. M. White married Lewis Woolwine.
F. M. White married Mary E. Buckey: Columbia White married Lewis Woolwine.
Children of F. M. and Mary (Buckey) White. Kent, Liz- zie and Effie. Lizzie married S. P. Scott; Effie died young. Rev. Kent White is a prominent minister in Denver, Colorado.
Children of L. D. and Emeline (McLean) White were
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John B. and Laura. John B. White married Lucy, daughter of Job Daniels. Children. Beulah, Nellie and Howard. Beu- lah and Howard died in infancy.
Eliza, daughter of Isaac and Margaret (Haddan) White, married Nathan Devine.
Polly, daughter of Isaac and Margaret (Haddan) White, died July 22, 1885, aged seven years.
Isaac White was justice of the peace in 1809. L. D. White was clerk of the Circuit Court in 1860; sheriff in 1873-6. F. M. White was sheriff in 1871-2.
Nellie White, daughter of John B. and Lucy (Daniels) White, married Marion Ross Payne. April 16, 1913. One child, Cecil Arlington, has been born of this union, the date of its birth being September 9, 1914. Mr. Payne was born in Webster County, West Virginia, January 1. 1886. A second child, Marion Ruth, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Payne April 3, 1916.
The best information now obtainable indicates that Thom- as White was the first of the White family that is now nu- merous in the eastern part of the county to locate in Randolph. He located on the head of Whites Run on the summit of the Allegheny Mountains, the exact date of which is not known. He made his will in 1802. He devised his property to his children, William Thomas and David. His wife's name was Abigail Summerfield. He immigrated to America from Eng- land says tradition.
L. D. White, son of Laban and Katherine ( Roby) White. was born May 28, 1870: married Frances, daughter of Aaron Day, in 1890. Children, Omer C., Davy G., Page L., Lester, Londa May, Alpha. Dawson, Lula and Hansford. Mr. White is a farmer residing in Job.
James W. White, son of S. L. White and Etta White, was born 1878: married Cleo, daughter of A. L. and Katie Cunningham, in 1914. Mr. White was a farmer's son. He taught school three years, made an extensive trip to the west. returning to Randolph County and engaging in the mercantile business. Mr. White is notary public and postmaster at Il'y- mer, West Virginia. He is acquiring considerable real estate.
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George White, son of James and Catherine E. (Nelson) White, was born March 16, 1873; married Julia Speck. Chil- dren, Dessie, Beulah, Don, Clare, Paul, Dale, Emerson, Stel- la M. and Letitia L., who died in infancy. Mr. White is a mem- ber of the numerous White families of this section and is a grandson of Levi White and great grandson of Soldier White. He is a farmer living on Middle Mountain.
Isaac C., son of Emanuel and Margaret White, was born in 1876; married a daughter of Sylvester and Elizabeth (Van- devander) Powers. Children, Nola, Carl, Chester, Thelma, Zellie and Wilson. Edgar Edison died in infancy.
B. Y., son of James B. and Sarah (Carr) White, was born in 1878; married Hettie C., daughter of Cyrus and Rachael E. (Harper) Teter. Children, Odbert, Sarah, Pauline and Ray- mond. Mr. White has been a merchant and school teacher. He was deputy assessor under A. W. Zinn.
Daniel, son of James and Ellen (Nelson) White, was born in 1875; married Ada, daughter of Noah and Malinda (Smith) Montony. Children, Eva, Carl, Vistie, Edith, Her- sell, Opie, who died in the seventh year of her age; Foster, who died in the fourth year of his age. Edith died in infancy. Mr. White is a blacksmith at Job.
Grover C. White, son of James and Ella (Nelson) White, was born in 1893: married Mabel, daughter of Andreas and Sallie (Calhoun) Hartman. Children, one child, Othie, has been born unto them. Mr. White is a farmer near Job.
Grover S. White, son of G. W. and Mary S. White, was born in 1886; married Ada, daughter of John and Frances (Harman) Kimmell. Children, Robert, Gladis, Frank, Guy, Mary and Ronald. Mr. White is a farmer near Whitmer.
Geo. W. White, son of Henry and Sarah C. (Roy) White, was born in 1860; married Mary S. White, daughter of Laban and Katherine White. Children, Lenora C., Olive L. Grover Scott, Dennis, Dixon Carl, Roy and Jared. Mr. White was constable for twelve years. He was mayor of Whitmer for three years and town sergeant two years and for three years he was deputy assessor.
Benjamin F. White, son of Laban and Catherine White, was born in 1865; married Permelia, daughter of Joseph and
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Hannah (Eye) Elgard. Children, Phoeba, Lena, Charles and Virgil. Two children, Preston and Izetta died in infancy. Mr. White is a farmer and lives near Job.
John W. White, son of Levi and Mary Ann (Davis) White, was born in 1850; married Columbia Jane Nelson. Children, Alonzo, Elizabeth, Sarah, Catherine. Mary Mar- garet died aged 35 years ; Susan A. died at the age of 22 and Francis died in the thirtieth year of her age. Mr. White has lived on the farm on which he now resides for forty-five years, having cleared his entire farm from an unbroken forest.
Bernard, son of Edward and Mary A., (Houchin) White, was born in 1878 in Randolph County ; married May E., daugh- ter of Rillis and Elizabeth (Gawthrop) Hermon. Mr. White is of English descent. His father moved to Randolph from Highland County, Virginia, in 1877. Mr. White is proprietor of a garage at Mill Creek.
S. L. White, son of Harvey and Martha White, was born in 1864. Children, James W., Gertie, Amos, Corbett, Jason, Mason, David, Sallie, Arthur and Stanley. Mr. White is en- gaged in farming.
THE WILSON FAMILY.
Benjamin Wilson was born in Shenandoah County, Vir- ginia, in 1747. His father, William Wilson, emigrated from Ireland in 1737, and located on Trout Run in what is now Hardy County. In about 1774 he moved to the Valley and lo- cated on what has since borne the name of Wilson Creek. He built the Wilson Fort in 1777. To retain his position of clerk of the County Court of Harrison County he moved to Clarks- burg when Randolph County was formed. He was a Federal- ist in politics and was the leader of his party in Western Vir- ginia until lines were obliterated by the War of 1812.
For his first wife Col. Wilson married Ann Ruddell of Hampshire County. Twelve children were born to this union. For his second wife Col. Wilson married Phoeba Davisson. Seventeen children blessed this union. Colonel Wilson died in Harrison County, Virginia, in 1827, in the eightieth year of his age.
Three brothers of Benjamin Wilson seem to have lived in Randolph, William, John and Moses.
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William Wilson, born in 1754, died in 1851. He held many offices in Randolph.
John Wilson, born 1756, died 1827. He was the first county clerk in 1787 and first circuit clerk in 1809.
Moses Wilson, born in 1761, died in 1784.
William B. Wilson, son of Benjamin and Ann (Ruddell) Wilson was born in 1773. He married Elizabeth Davisson of Harrison County. Children, Prudence, who married Judge Edwin S. Duncan, Patsy, who married Lenox Camden ; Ann, who married Abraham Hutton ; Elizabeth, who married Adam D. Caplinger: Alexander, Frederick, Daniel and Edwin Duncan.
Edwin Duncan Wilson married Martha Weese. Chil- dren, James Duncan, Florida, Rose Ann and Elizabeth.
Below is an extract from an address made before the trus- tees and patrons of the Randolph Academy at Clarksburg, de- livered on the 29th day of December, 1799, by Col. Wilson, who was one of the trustees of the institution :
"Sir: We give you assurance that nothing shall be want- ing to render you assistance to make this institution respect- able. Therefore permit us to enumerate some of the danger- ous ills which is to command your attention as well without the Seminary as within, viz : the wilful breach of the Sabbath Day, lying, cursing, swearing, quarreling, frequenting taverns or still houses by night or by day and in particular the infa- mous ills of gaming, together with all other ills not enumerat- ed. You will also please inspire such of your youths as have arrived at the age of discretion to avoid all low company, and at all times and places to sequester themselves from such."
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