Charles Springer of Cranehook-On-The-Delaware His Descendants and Allied Families by Jessie Evelyn Springer
Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware His Descendants and Allied Families By JESSIE EVELYN SPRINGER ACKNOWLEDGMENTS For help on Springer research grateful acknow ledgment is extended to Mrs. Courtland B. Springer of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Louise Eddleman, -Springfield, Kentucky, Mable Warner Milligan, Indian apolis, now deceased; the allied families, Gary Edward Young; John McKendree Springer, now deceased; Thomas Oglesby Springer and Lucinda Irwin, deceased; and Mary, Raymond and Theora Hahn. Much material has been secured from genealogies previously pub lished on the Benedicts, Saffords, Bontecous, and others, brought down to date by correspondence or interviews with Cora Taintor Brown, Springfield, Illi nois; Evelyn Safford Dew, Newark, Delaware; Isabell Gillham Crowder Helgevold, Chicago; John Harris Watts, Grand Junction, Iowa, and Glenn L. Head, Springfield, Illinois Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware His Descendants and Allied Families by Jessie Evelyn Springer OUR HERITAGE FORWORD Sarah John English has said "Genealogy, or the history of families, is not a service to the past gener ations, or a glorification of the dead, but a service to the living, and to coming generations." A study of those who gave us life can help us understand what makes us tick, and help us tolerate ourselves and each other. As this is the story of the heritage of four Springer sisters - Mary Springer Jackson, Florence Springer Volk, Carolyn Springer Dalton, and Jessie Springer, spinster, it seems best, to the writer, after
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