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WARD P. STALNAKER, born near Meadowville in 1857, son of Hols- berry and Caroline (Parsons) Stalnaker, was married February 19, 1880, near Philippi, to Carrie M., daughter of William J. and Lydia Bartlett. Children, Judson Clay, Dale Holsberry, Osban, Gideon Guy and Lydia Beatrice. Mr. Stalnaker is a member of the M. E. Church, South, and his wife is a Baptist. He is a farmer on Laurel Creek, near Fisher's Store, where he owns 150 acres, and he was educated in the public schools. The great grandfather of the subject of this sketch came from England and settled near Meadowville. Two brothers crossed the ocean with him. One settled in Randolph and one in Gilmer County. Andrew, father of Hols- berry Stalnaker, married Rachel Holsberry, and accumulated property valued at $15,000 at the time of his death. He dealt largely in horses.
CHARLES K. SWITZER, born near Petersburg, Grant County, 1853,son of David N. and Francis A. (Wilson) Switzer, was married May 29, 1879, of Fort Syebert, Pendleton County, to Minnie M., daughter of Allen and
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Martha (Miller) Dyer. Children, Ola G., Fannie D., Neva V. He is a mem- ber of the M. E. Church, a Democrat, and a merchant at Mansfield, of the firm of Dyer & Switzer. He owns 26 acres of improved land near Mans- field, and a nice residence. Mrs. Switzer is a sister of E. R. Dyer, of Mans- field. The Switzer family is of German and Swiss origin and was founded in America by three brothers, John, Valentine and Nicholas, sons of John Switzer who never came to America. About 1770 the three brothers settled in Hardy, then Hampshire County. John Switzer's sons were Michael, John, Isaac and Phillip, and his daughters, Margaret, (who married Paul McKeever), Elizabeth, Sarah, Nellie and Catherine. The children of John, the son of John, were Catherine, Madeline, Rebecca, Maria, Elizabeth, Christina, Isaac, Adam, Michael, Stephen, John, Henry, Anthony, David, William, Kile and Jacob. The children of Nicholas, the son of John, were Daniel, Valentine, Simon, Phoebe, Magdalen, (who married Jacob Old- acre). Of these, Daniel married Mary Ogden, and their children were Jessie, Abram, David N., Simon, Eveline, Perry, Valentine and Isaiah. Of these, Simon married Harriet Rogers, and their children were Minerva and William.
PHILIP ANDERSON SWITZER, born at Upper Tract, Pendleton County, 1857, son of David M. and Frances A. (Wilson) Switzer, was married July 1, 1887, in Baltimore to Rachel Virginia, daughter of Silas B. and M. J. (Lemon) McClung. Children, Lena Virginia, Charles McClung and Ethel Clarence. He is a member of the M. E. Church, a Democrat and a member of I. O. O. F. and of K. O. T. M. His education was acquired in the public schools of Pendleton County, and he is by occupation a miller, being a stock- holder in the E. R. Dyer & Company flour mill at Mansfield, Barbour County, and he also owns a comfortable home at the same place.
CHARLES K. SWITZER, born 1853 in Hardy, now Grant County, is a son of David N. and Francis A. (Wilson) Switzer. He was married in Pendle- ton County, May 29, 1879, to Minnie M., daughter of Albert and Martha (Miller) Dyer. Children, Ola G., Fannie D., Neva. He is a member of the M. E. Church, is a Democrat, and resides at Mansfield where he is in the mercantile business. He was educated in the public schools of Pendleton County, and is of Scotch-Irish and German ancestry. Mrs. Switzer is a sister of E. R. Dyer, member of the firm of Dyer & Switzer. He owns 26 acres near Mansfield, and a fine home in the town.
J. ED. STEWART, born 1850 on Elk Creek, son of John and Elsie Stew- art, was married October 8, 1875 to Emily J., daughter of Abram and Maria (Morgan) Hudkins. Children, Hope, Dorothy, Stanley, Mathew, Mercea, Nellie, Victor. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, a Republican, a farmer and stockdealer residing two miles below Elk City. He attended the West Virginia College at Flemington. In 1898 he was elected Commissioner of the county court. His great-grandfather, Will-
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iam Stewart, came from Ireland, married Miss Upshur, a Scotch lady, and settled in Highland County, Virginia. Edward Stewart was his grand- father, who married Margaret Callihan, and about 1837 they settled in what is now Barbour County. Their children were, Edward, William, Robert, Adam, John, Charles, Anna, Peggy, Polly and Jennie. Mr. Stewart's father was married in Highland County in 1834, and his children were: Felix, Hugh, Margaret, and J. Ed. Of these, Felix married Ingoby Nut- ter, Hugh married Catherine Fisher, Margaret married M. D. Reed, who is the father of Stewart F. Reed, of Clarksburg. The grandfather, Edward Stewart, was a Revolutionary soldier. Mr. Stewart owns 200 acres of val- uable land. He was a teacher in his early life. His daughters, Hope and Dorothy, graduated at the Buckhannon Seminary.
: ALEXANDER STEWART, born 1853, son of Silas and Zeporah Stewart, was married at Grafton, 1881 to Ida M., daughter of George and Julia Dil- worth. The Stewarts came from Ireland to Virginia, and from Bath and Highland Counties, John, Robert, Edward, William and Silas Stewart came to Barbour and Harrison Counties.
ARTHUR W. STRAWDERMAN, born on the waters of Sugar Creek, 1865, son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Delawder) Strawderman, was married Octo- ber 17, 1886, at the residence of Isaac Talbott, on Hacker's Creek, to An- gelina, daughter of Isaac and Martha (Mitchell) Talbott. The subject of this sketch is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, a Democrat and a farmer, carpenter and stonemason, residing three miles from Philippi, on Hacker's Creek, where he owns 28 acres, underlaid with coal and mostly improved, with a young orchard.
SAMUEL G. STRAWDERMAN, born 1852, son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Delawder) Strawderman, was married April 6, 1872, to Mary M., daughter of Vincent and Charlotte (Jordan) Gribble. Children, James Commodore, Francis Edward, Delbert Otto, Asta Esker, Ida Dell. He is a Missionary Baptist, a Democrat, a farmer and blacksmith, living east of Philippi, where he has plied his trade for seventeen years. He was educated in the public schools of the county.
ELIZABETH STRAWDERMAN, born 1832 in Hardy County, daughter of Jacob and Barbara Delawder, was married June 4, 1854, to Stephen, son of Sarah Strawderman. Children, Elam T., Malinda, Samuel G., Cordelia J., George, Albana, Jefferson D., Olive E., Arthur W., Savanna, Marcellus B. and John R.
CHARLES R. STIPE, born in Frederick County, Maryland, May 17, 1850, son of George E. and Mary M. (Rector) Stipe, married Jane, daughter of John and Mary (Yeager) Hillyard, March 17, 1875. She died the next year, and he married Catherine, daughter of Martin and Mary (Mustoe) Hillyard (cousin of his first wife), November 16, 1879. She died June 9, 1880. On October 2, 1884, he married Fannie C., daughter of Simeon S. and Louisa
RICHARD E. TALBOTT.
WARREN BRANCE KITTLE.
DAVID W. GALL.
ALBERT G. CHRISLIP.
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M. (Bartlett) Lake, of Taylor County. Children, Cordelia, George, Ed- ward, Thurman, Clay, Minnie, Pearl. He owns 323 acres, one-third cleared and well improved. The land contains two veins of bituminous and one of cannel coal.
ISAAC HARRISON STRICKLER, born July 27, 1816, in Page County, Vir- ginia, son of Joseph and Mary (Miley) Strickler, was married at Philippi September 30, 1850, to Margaret J., daughter of Rev. Solomon and Eliza- beth (Rightmire) Jarvis. Children, Robert Mann, Joseph Thomas (died young), Arthur DeWitt, Mary Alice, Sarah Belle (died young), Anna Eliza- beth, Catherine Crim, Etta Jane, Clora Antonia. He was a Baptist, Odd Fellow, Good Templar, Democrat and a merchant. His was the first store in Philippi, and it stood in the rear of the present school building, near the old ferry. It was the firm of Almon & Strickler for a year. The store was opened (1843) in a stable. Three years later he built a brick store. He was the first postmaster in Philippi and held the office seventeen years. He went to the South during the war, served as a soldier, an officer, and later
as a contractor. He also kept store for a time at Buckingham Court House with L. D. Morrall. In 1866 he opened a store in Philippi with Granville -E. Jarvis, whom he subsequently bought out, and continued the business till his death in 1885. His son, Rev. Robert Mann Strickler, married Laura R., daughter of Colonel Mann Spitler, of Luray, Virginia. The Stricklers came from a German canton in Switzerland to Pennsylvania soon after the settlement of Philadelphia. Of the four brothers, one located in Philadel- phia, one in Lancaster, one in York, and the fourth, Abraham, in Chester; and in 1728 settled on the Susquehanna River. Jacob, son of Abraham, went to the Valley of Virginia about 1731 and bought 1000 acres of Jacob Stover on the Massanutton, and 640 acres on South River. He was a Men- onite preacher. Later (about 1750) another Strickler, of the same family, settled in what is now Page County, Virginia, and he had a son Joseph, who was president of the Page County Court, Assessor and Clerk, and died in 1856. This man was the father of Isaac H. Strickler. There is in the family a Bible printed at Zurich. Switzerland, in 1536.
ARTHUR DEWITT STRICKLER, son of Isaac H. and Margaret J. Strick- ler, born December 26, 1855, was married February 20, 1884, at Philippi, to Kate Rosalie, daughter of William and Catherine (Proudfoot) McClaskey. Their child, Robert Parvin, was born April 11, 1885. The subject of this sketch is a Baptist, a Democrat, and at present holds a position in the National Bank of Elkins, West Virginia. He has held the position of deputy in the Circuit and County Clerks' office of Barbour. He spent four years as clerk in the State Auditor's office, in Charleston, under Auditor I. V. Johnson, and remained seven months after the expiration of Mr. John- son's term. Other positions held by him have been commissioner in chan- cery, notary public, town councilman and recorder of Philippi. The posi-
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tions he has held in secret societies are as follows: He was a member of . the Good Templars, Philippi Lodge No. 20, a number of terms W. C. T. The lodge ceased to exist in 1892. On October 15, 1877, he was initiated in Bigelow Lodge No. 52, A. F. and A. M .; passed November 19 and raised December 3, same year; appointed Senior Deacon in June, 1878; elected Secretary in 1880; Senior Warden in 1881; was Worshipful Master 1882, and served three years; re-elected Secretary in 1885, and served six years; was re-elected Worshipful Master in 1891 and 1892; in 1880 was appointed Deputy Grand Lecturer by Charles H. Collier, Grand Lecturer for the Sixth Masonic District, and served as such till 1886; served as Deputy Grand Lecturer of the Seventh District in 1895; in 1896 was reappointed for the Sixth District and is filling that position at present.
In 1887 he was appointed District Deputy Grand Master of the Sixth Masonic District, by Charles H. Collier, G. M., and served one year.
In 1884 he was appointed Grand Marshal of the Grand Lodge of West Virginia, of A. F. and A. M., by George E. Thornbury, Grand Marshal; was again appointed Grand Marshal by John M. Collins, G. M., in 1895; appointed Senior Grand Deacon in November, 1896, by Braxton D. Gibson, G. M .; elected Junior Grand Warden in 1897, and Senior Grand Warden in 1898.
On March 17, 1887, he was appointed Representative of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, near the Grand Lodge of West Virginia, by S. Stacker Williams, Grand Master of Ohio, and he still fills the position.
In 1880 and 1881 he received the several degrees in and became a mem- ber of Copestone Chapter No. 12, Royal Arch Masons, Grafton, West Virginia, remained a member till 1894, when he was dimitted to join Tyrean Royal Arch Chapter No. 13, Charleston, West Virginia, and in it served as Grand Master of Second Veil; Principal Sojourner; Captain of the Host, and Scribe. In 1887 he was appointed Grand Marshal of Grand Royal Arch Chapter of West Virginia. On Decemqer 5, 1891, he was appointed Representative of the Most Excellent Royal Arch Chapter of Kansas, near the Grand Chapter of West Virginia.
On November 9, 1882, he received the several degrees in and became a member of Crusade Commandry No. 6, Knight Templar, Fairmont, West Virginia, and remained a member till 1894, then was dimitted and joined Kanawha Commandry No. 4; in 1895 was elected Junior Warden, in 1896 Senior Warden, in 1897 Captain General, in 1898 Generalissimo. He is a member and Past Chancellor of Ivan Lodge, No. 61, K. of P., of Philippi.
CHARLES W. SNODGRASS, born 1868 on a tributary of Laurel Creek, is a son of Francis C. and Elizabeth (Mouser) Snodgrass, and married March 20, 1895, to Florence, daughter of George W. and Sarah (Stalnaker) Stemple. Their child's name is Gusta. He owns 85 acres, nearly all
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cleared and largely used for grazing. It is on the waters of Laurel Creek. His grandfather, Francis Snodgrass, was an Englishman.
JACOR SHANK was born May 15, 1815, near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, son of John and Elizabeth (Johnson) Shank, and grandson of Christian Shank, who came from Germany when fourteen years old, his father and mother dying on the sea during the voyage over. On Novem- ber 15, 1849, the subject of this sketch was married to Susanna, daughter of John and Margaret (Arbogast) Gall. Children, John W., Margaret Jane, Sarah E., Virginia E. and Rosa L. He is a member of the M. E. Church, South, and resides three miles west of Philippi. He is the only survivor of the Mexican War now residing in Barbour County. Christian Shank, his grandfather, was a Revolutionary soldier, and drew a pension many years. The subject of this sketch was three years a merchant, and eighteen years a tanner in Philippi. When the Federal army under Mcclellan reached Philippi, the soldiers destroyed $1000 worth of Mr. Shank's property, burn- ing his tanbark and carrying his leather away.
JOHN W. SHANK, born west of Philippi, 1851, son of Jacob and Susanna (Gall) Shank, was married in Elk District, Barbour County, Decem- ber 22, 1888, to Lee Ann, daughter of Samuel and Mary [Emmitt] Dickin- son. He is a member of the M. E. Church, South, and by occupation a farmer, living three miles west of Philippi, where he has 170 acres, one- half improved. He attended the West Virginia College at Flemington and taught school in Barbour twelve years with unusual success. In 1880 he was elected Assessor for the west side of the river and served four years; and in 1889 he was appointed Sheriff by the county court and served two years.
ANDREW SIMON, born September 7, 1844, on Stewart's Run, Barbour County, son of Abram and Mary [ Yeager] Simon, was married January 17, 1871, to Ella Syrena, daughter of William and Catherine [Proudfoot] Mc- Claskey. Children, Paul Modisett, born January 25, 1872; Willie Mc- Claskey, November 16, 1873, died August 8, 1874; Charles Hanshaw, May 17, 1876 [now in the U. S. Navy, stationed in the Philippine Islands]; Carl- ton Andrew, September 21, 1878; Cathleen Willis. September 14, 1880; Carrie Cowan, September 9, 1882; Tony Abram, August 2, 1884; Mona Bradford, December 10, 1886; Thompson Jackson, March 4, 1887; Virginia Payne, June 1, 1894. The subject of this sketch spent eighteen years as a commercial traveler, for the most part in West Virginia. He assisted in collecting material for the History of Barbour County. The Simon family came to Barbour from Hampshire County, where .Benjamin Simon, grand- father of the subject of this sketch, was born August 9, 1781. He married Elizabeth Stump, who was born in the same county August 18, 1786. Their children were as follows, with dates of birth: Catherine, born February 11, 1806; John, October 2, 1807; Margaret, January 7, 1809; Polly, August
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7, 1810; Abram, April 20, 1812; George, July 12, 1815; Christian, February 15, 1817; Sarah, May 24, 1819; Anthony, November 25, 1821. Of the above children, Abram was married December 22, 1833, to Mary Yeager. He died December 1, 1865. Their children were, Sarah [now Mrs. William Tal- bott], born November 9, 1834; Virginia [now Mrs. F. E. Payne], July 23, 1837; Benjamin A., May 20, 1841; Andrew, September 7, 1844; James K., January 19, 1849; Lewis H., March 3, 1855.
SAMUEL LEWIS SEMMELMAN, born 1845 in Baltimore, Maryland, son of Albright and Mary Ann (Neeb) Semmelman, was married March 4, 1877, at Newburg, Preston County, West Virginia, to Mrs. Mary M. Hubbard, daughter of William and Nellie (Harden) Dehaven. Children, Alice M., Jessie L., Charles A., Lula Gay, John Henry, Bobbie, (deceased) and Carrie May. He is a member of the following secret orders: A. F. and A. M. Lodge No. 52, Philippi; Copestone Chapter No. 12, A. F. and A. M., and DeMolay Commandry No. 11, Knights Templar, Grafton, West Virginia. In politics he is a Republican, and lives on Teter's Creek, where he owns 160 acres, 130 cleared. It is the farm on which lived John Ryan, one of the earliest settlers. He also owns two houses and eight acres of land in Old Moatsville. He is engaged in general farming, stockraising and mer- chandizing. He came to Barbour in 1879 from Thornton, Taylor County, where he had been operating a store for N. Rogers. He was engaged in the mercantile business at Nestorville till 1884, when he sold out to C. W. Haller and moved to the farm he now owns. In 1890 he moved to Scotts- dale, Pennsylvania; then moved to Moatsville, where he had a store five years, and then sold the stock to J. M. Compton, and moved back to the farm where he has cleared thirty acres in the last two years. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Baltimore.
JOHN WILSON SHROYER, born 1856, son of John and Elizabeth (Gaw- throp) Shroyer, was married July 12, 1888, in Taylor County, to Rebecca, daughter of William and Hester (Osborn) Means. Children, Ethel, Mabel Edna, Lulu Hazel, Nilia Grace. Mr. Shroyer is a Republican and a farmer living in Cove District, where he owns 173 acres. He was educated in the public schools, and has held the office of school trustee. On January 17, 1865, Mr. Shroyer's father was shot and killed at Gregg's by a gang of horsethieves who attempted to break into his stable. He drove them away and while pursuing them he was shot. A bullet passed through the clothes of his son, the subject of this sketch. The thieves them returned, broke into the stable and took the horses.
AARON STRADER, born 1838 in Upshur County, son of Michael and Eva (Radabaugh) Strader, was married in 1859 to Priscilla, daughter of William and Mahala (Simon) Ward. Children, Ruhanna E., Ulysses Grant, William Michael, Dorcas E., Wellington L., Granville Lee, Jemima Cather- ine, Burton M., Asa, Asha, Mary Jane and Martha Ann. He is a member
A. F. ROHRBOUGH.
JOHN H. ZIRKLE.
JOHN T. REGER.
B. B. ROHRBOUGH.
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of the M. E. Church, of the G. A. R., a Republican and a farmer on Peck's Run. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union army at Buckhannon. Soon after- wards his leg was broken by the kick of a horse, and after recovery he was placed on guard duty where he served till the close of the war. The Stra- ders came from Holland and settled in New Jersey, half a century before the Revolutionary War. About 1740 some of them settled on the South Branch in the present County of Hardy.
CHARLES W. SHOMO, born 1873, son of George N. and Virginia (Vis- - qusney) Shomo, was married May 31, 1896, at Junior, to Maude M., daughter of S. R. and Mary C. (Williams) Elbon. Their child is Hazel B. He is a member of the M. E. Church, of the K. of P., and in politics is a Republican, and by profession a teacher, having been educated in the com- mon schools. He has a library of 400 volumes, and is a careful reader. His grandfather was D. J. Shomo.
BESSHEBA M. SMITH, born 1847, on Hacker's Creek, daughter of Silas and Sarah (Mckinney) Talbott, was married August 27, 1872, to Levi J. B. Smith, son of John and Mary (Swisher) Smith. Their son, Esker T., was born August 9, 1873. Eighteen months later her husband died, and she moved with her son to Barbour County, and now resides on Baker's Run. She has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1863. Levi Smith served six months in the Union army, being discharged at Wheeling in 1864. His father was John Smith who was born in 1796; his grandfather was also John Smith, and was of Irish parentage. Mrs. Smith has been an invalid since 1888. She owns 45 acres of highly improved land underlaid with coal. David Smith was born October 29, 1773, died November 7, 1864, was of English decent, born in New Jersey. He was Justice of the Peace, cap- tain of Malitia and Sheriff of Lewis County. He married Sarah Hacker who was born June 24, 1775, and died 1855. She was of Irish descent. Their son, John Smith, was born October 24, 1796 and died October 12, 1880. He was a local preacher over fifty years. On January 28, 1819, he married Mary Swisher, who was born November 4, 1801, and died May 29, 1878. Her father was Peter Swisher, native of Maryland, born March 11, 1777, died September 27, 1830, (killed by falling tree). On. January 27, 1801, he married Susanna Rinehart, who was a native of Maryland, was born Decem- ber 1, 1779, and died at the age of seventy-five.
RICHARD TALBOTT, probably the first white man to make his perman- ent home in Barbour County-together with his brother, Cotteral, and sister, Charity,-was born in Fairfax County, Virginia, November 16, 1764. He was a son of William Talbott, a native of England, who came to Virginia long before the Revolution. The Talbott family is one of the oldest in England, where it is usually spelled Talbot. In this country the spelling is sometimes Tolbert, which conforms fairly well with the common pronun- ciation of the name. The ancestors of the family crossed from Normandy
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(France) to England with William the Conqueror in the year 1066, and from time to time members of the family rose to great prominence in England. Upon the death of his father Richard Talbott was bound out. Whether the two older children were also bound out cannot now be ascertained, but they were probably old enough to take care of themselves. The man to whom Richard was apprenticed was not good to him, and he decided to run off. Having communicated his purpose to his sister, Charity, she laid plans to assist him, and the scheme was a bold one. Knowing that it would be useless for her brother to escape from his master if he remained in the country, for he would be taken back and, perhaps, subjected to worse treat- ment, she determined to get all things ready, and the three children, she being the eldest, accompanied by their mother, would cross the mountains and seek a new home in the wilderness of the west.
The preparations for flight were made so secretly that they were unsus- pected, and when all things were ready, Charity assisted Richard to escape from his master, and they departed secretly for the new land beyond the Alleghanies. They completed their long journey through the wilderness, crossed only by trails, and, in 1780, arrived in Barbour, then Monongalia County, and selected a site for their home. It must be confessed that no small degree of courage and self-confidence were exhibited by these people who thus braved the dangers of the frontiers at a time when the Indian war was raging in all its fury. They selected land on the waters of Hacker's Creek, and made that their home. Their nearest neighbors on the south were about Beverly and Leading Creek; on the east at St. George; on the north, about Simpson, and on the west and southwest near Buck- hannon and Clarksburg. It is recorded that they were several times obliged to leave their homes on account of the hostility of the Indians, and twice fled east of the Alleghanies. None of the family fell victims to the
savages. Eight years after they came to Barbour, Richard Talbott married Margaret Dowden, whose parents were about to move away with her. She was born December 25, 1776, lacked three days of being twelve years old. To them were born thirteen children. Their names and the dates of their births are as follows: Samuel 1790, Mary Ann 1792, Jacob 1794, Abraham 1796, Isaac 1798, Robert 1801, Elisha 1804, Silas 1806, Absalom 1807, Elam 1810, Zachariah 1513, Margaret 1815, Elizabeth 1819. Nearly all the Talbotts of Barbour County are descendants of the above named children.
In 1788 Cotteral Talbott married Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Reger. The marriage ceremony was performed by Isaac Edwards, a noted preacher of that early time, who traveled through Randolph and adjoining counties and concerning whose birth and death nothing seems to be known.
Robert Talbott, son of Richard, married Mary Woodford, daughter of William and sister of John Howe Woodford. (See sketch of the Wood-
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fords.) Their children were, John, Richard T., David, William Woodford Salathiel, Marion, Robert M., Perry, Margaret, Hannah, Josina and Mary.
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