DOCSLIB.ORG

HV-S'f"Il M-L OUR BRANCH OF

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
HV-S'f THE MELSON FAMILY IN AMERICA With special emphasis on the John-John-Daniel-Daniel-Benjamin-Sampson branch that originated on the Eastern Shore of the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia Peninsula Lewis B.Melson 1928 Pendennis Drive Annapolis,Maryland 21401 FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY 35 NCHTH WEST TEMPLE t\l%l 2 05 5 406 SAL; LAKE CITY, UTAH 84150 1996 .... I ~ .' c- '• ' . HV-s'f"iL M-l OUR BRANCH OF THE MELSONS IN AMERICA JOHN MELSON - ELIZABETH PAINTER ENGLAND & ACCOMACK COUNTY,VA. cl645-17?? cl648-17?? JOHN MELSON JR. - MARY SMITH ACCOMACK COUNTY,VA. C1676-1736 C1677-1743 DANIEL MELSON - MARY CARY WORCESTER COUNTY,MD. C1707-1791 C1710-1791+ DANIEL MELSON JR. - LOVEY CANNON WORCESTER COUNTY,MD. C1725-1798 C1740-1798+ BENJAMIN MELSON - EMELIA(MILLEY) GORDY WORCESTER COUNTY,MD, & SHELBY COUNTY,MO. 1777-1842 1780-1858 SAMPSON DAVIS MELSON - JULIANN ELIZABETH CATHERINE JONES SHELBY COUNTY,MO.& MARION COUNTY,OREGON 1817-1894 1824-1895 JAMES ASBURY MELSON - MARY AMANDA GIBSON SHELBY COUNTY,MO. & MARION COUNTY,OR. 1843-1906 1860-1940 SAMSON LEROY(ROY S.)MELSON - HATTIE ETTA WELCH MARION COUNTY,OR. 1883-1955 1889-1973 LEWIS BYRON MELSON - MARY KATHERINE MELTON ANNAPOLIS,MD. 1914- 1914-1996 LEWIS BYRON MELSON JR. - KATHERINE DEANE CRADDOCK EUGENE,OR. 1945-1983 1948- CHRISTOPHER LEWIS MELSON - EUGENE,OR.& ANNAPOLIS,MD. 1968- TABLE OE CONTENTS PAGES INTRODUCTION 1-2 CHAPTER ONE 1-1 - 1-4 THE ORIGINS OF THE FAMILY CHAPTER TWO 2-1 2-7 THE FIRST MELSONS IN AMERICA CHAPTER THREE 3-1 3-24 ON THE EASTERN SHORE UNTIL 1837 CHAPTER FOUR 4-1 4-13 THE WESTWARD TRAILS CHAPTER FIVE 5-1 5-7 FATHER AND MOTHER CHAPTER SIX 6-1 6-7 THE PRESENT GENERATIONS CHAPTER SEVEN 7-1 - 7-92 THE MELSON RELATED FAMILIES CHAPTER EIGHT 8-1 8-19 THE WELCH AND HARE FAMILIES CHAPTER NINE 9-1 9-18 MORE MELSONS CHAPTER TEN 10-1 - 10-12' THE MELTON FAMILY CHAPTER ELEVEN 11-1 - n-gq APPENDICES CHAPTER TWELVE 12-1 - 12-25 LIFE IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND AND EARLY COLONIAL DAYS INDEX 1-1 - I- 45 CHAPTER THIRTEEN 13-1 - 13-13 V SOMERSET COUNTY,MARYLAND 1660-1740 APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS OF HUNDREDS ty-vxv SOMERSET CQUMTV, MARVL/MMP 17TH CENJTURV UUMPR.Et>S ©WICOMICO © MONlE © MAiNOKIN ©A04NAMESSEX » ^^^ ^|i. tarn- ' "S JOT A' . ** //f ' ^* //r^r f #5; j * * >^ *Lt\*-ry /•"• 7/ r^^' V */• \ Ay'C/A_ i * A ^ ^M 7 i ^*-** J^*"*"1'/. V V. ~f.~-- ' e •"'!•''f ~ 7V-J3it'* :' " ""*-•*" _ • INTRODUCTION Florence Wilson Bessac whetted my interest in the background of the Melson Family and its related lines in 1939.In a sprightly letter written at the time of my selection for promotion to CAPTAIN,U.S.NAVY,she remarked assigment to duty at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard,Portsmouth,Virginia placed me near the homes of the earliest known members of the family.This fact,and the discovery on a map of the location of the small community of Melson,MD., started me on the long road of tracing our ancestors and learning as much as possible about them,who they were,where they lived and what they did.Flor­ ence graciously sent me a copy of the information she had received from her grandmother,Matilda Melson Wilson,together with the names of two east coast cousins,Mrs.Mirian Melson Strack and her daughter,Miss Anne Melson Stommel. These cousins gladly permitted me to study their records.From the volumi­ nous information that formed the basis for my records,the assembly of the supplemental information that eventually tied our lines to the first members of the family to arrive in America got underway. In pursuing the trails of our ancestors,I regretted I was unable to supplement what Florence Bessac,Marian Strack and Anne Stommel provided with the recollections of my parents,grandparents and great-aunts.As a child,I recall having heard Great-Aunts 'Nervy','Tilly',and 'Josie'tell about their childhoods in Missouri and the slow tiresome crossing of the plains and mountains to Oregon in 1864 in a covered wagon.Grandmother Melson spoke of the friendship her parents had with Abraham Lincoln in Petersburg,Illinois,and Grandfather Noah Welch told of his youth in south-eastern Ohio,Alas,none of us other than Florence thought then to write down these tales and reminicences.Florence had inveigled her grand­ mother to chart her ancestry back through Daniel Melson Junior.This chart drawn on a piece of brown wrapping paper on her grandmother's kitchen floor permitted us to tie what she had drawn with the information passed along to Marian Melson Strack by her father.Without the valuable information lost when time stilled the voices of my parents,grandparents and other relatives,the trail in ultimately tracing the generations took many long years of effort. Thanks to the records of Florence,Marian and Anne together with the assistance of many more relatives and other with whom I corresponded over the years,the history of the Melson Family gradually emerged.Without the unstinting assistance of these dedicated contributors,this account could never have been written.Regrettfully gaps remain in our knowledge of our ancestors that cry out to be filled.To my intense disappointment, we have been unable to determine exactly from where they lived in England before emigrating to the New World,and what were the forces that impelled their so doing.Through the research of Mr.John D.Melsom,Framlingham,Suffolk, England,we know about the settlement of Melsonby,North Riding,Yorkshire and its founder. Obviously,our ancestors emigrated to this country during the formative years of its earliest settlements to begin better lives.The first Melson(Mellson) known to have landed,did so in 1650,barely forty years after the first settlements were made. Basically farmers and planters during those early years in Colonial America,they moved quietly through the pages of history.Infrequent glimpses of them are to be found in the archives retained in the Eastern Shore Courthouses,and the Halls of Record of the States of Delaware,Maryland and Virginia.For almost two centuries,they accumulated land,seldom sell­ ing,passing these acres onto their sons.After the American Revolution,some were swept up in the unrest that sent thousands to the south and to the west of the original colonies.These migrations continued until the shores of the Pacific Ocean were reached and the vast interior of the continent had been filled.It was not until our generation that descendents of these earlier pioneers reversed the flow and again saw the Atlantic Ocean.It will be interesting to know what the future hold for our descendents. In addition to the help I received from Mrs.Eugene P.(Florence Wilson) Bessac,Riverbank,CA;Mrs.Henry D.(Marian Melson)Strack,and her daughter, Miss Anne Melson Stommel,Red Bank,NJ;I am deeply indebted to all the cousins and friends who have cheerfully permitted me to use their records in assembling what we now know about the Melson and allied families.Among these are John D.Melso.m.Framlingham,Suffolk,England;Leamon Ackley Melson Jr.,Williamsburg,VA;Mr.and Mrs.Matthew B.Gordy,Houston,TX;Mrs.T.Moore Holcombe IV(M.Catherine Downing),Milford,DE;Dr.Harry Robert Glahn,Falls Church,VA;Mr.Frank Baker Melson,Arlington,VA;Mr.Alfred Vaughn Melson,Berlin, MD;my sisters Mrs.Courtney (Ruth Melson)Duncanson and Mrs.Ewald D.(Evelyn Melson)Franz,Keizer,0R for their assistance in researching the Melson family. For the Welch and Hare families,in addition to the treasured records of my mother,Mrs.Roy S.(Etta Welch)Melson and her mother Mrs.Noah(Alverda Hare)Welch of Salem,OR.,I wish to thank Mrs.Charles(Cora Nist)Sappingfield, Salem,OR.and her brother Col.Cecil Nist,USARET,Bradenton,FL.and Mrs.Lawrence (Eva) Sheets,Glasco,KA. Mrs.Guy M.(Margaret Eva Melton)Austin,St.Marys,GA;Mrs.Lucy Fortune Ellis, Bostic,NC,and Mrs.Wes(Grace Fortune)Banse,Manasquan,NJ for their information about the Melton,McFarland and Fortune families. Although we may never learn exactly where in Britain the first Melsons lived before landing on North American shores,it is my hope eventually some­ one will locate the missing information needed to establish this fact together with more about their lives in England before emigrating to these shores. Assembling the information needed to piece together the story of our and our allied families over the past three decades has been a challenge. Now that what we know has been assembled,I trust this will clear the way for future travelers along the genealogical trails to contribute to their further­ ing the knowledge of this story. 1-1 CHAPTER ONE THE ORIGINS OF THE FAMILY The Penquin Dictionary of Surnames lists four classes for the origins of names,especially those of British descent:first-names,place-names,occu­ pational-names , and nicknames.The name "Melson"originated from a first-name that became a place-name,which after modifications emerged as our surname," "Melson."The place-name was for a small community on Gatherly Moor,in the North Riding,Yorkshire,England.The founding of this village,was,according to Cameron(Ref.l),an excellent example of the transfer of an Irish personal name to that of a place-name.In c883,a Viking of Danish descent,who had then been living in Ireland,named Maelsuithan,emigrated to England,ulti­ mately settling on Gatherly Moor.His emigration was traced by Mr.John D. Melsom,Framlingham,Suffolk,England.This settlement became known as"Mael- suithansby."In Viking Danish,this meant "Maelsuithan's place or farm," (Ref.2).As the years passed,pronunciations and a lack of standard spelling of such names by Clerks trained only to write in Latin,modified "Maelsui- thansby"through variations such as Malshamebi,Malshamby,Melsham to Melsonby.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Delaware During the Civil War: a Political History
    DELAWARE DURING THE CIVIL WAR A Political History by Harold Bell Hancock A Delaware Heritage Press Book Telephone: (302) 744-5077 Website: heritage.delaware.gov Copyright © 1961 by the Historical Society of Delaware Reprinted, January 1, 2003 and Digitally Reprinted, April 12, 2011 by the Delaware Heritage Commission 121 Duke of York Street Dover, DE 19901 All Rights Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced for profit without written permission from the Delaware Heritage Commission. ISBN (hardcover edition): ISBN: 0-924117-24-9 ISBN (ePub edition): ISBN: 978-0-924117-43-5 Acknowledgments At the time the author wrote his doctoral thesis in 1954 upon the effect of the Civil War in Delaware, the topic had been largely neglected. Since then, the activities of the Fort Delaware Society, roundtable clubs, and a commission to plan commemorative events have stimulated interest. The most important source of information lies in the manuscript and newspaper collection of the Historical Society of Delaware. Valuable material was examined at the State Archives, Wilmington Public Library, Longwood Library, Memorial Library at the University of Delaware, National Archives, and Library of Congress, and individuals permitted papers in their personal possession to be consulted. The author is indebted to many persons for assistance. Miss Ruthanna Hindes, Mrs. Marie Windell, and Miss Gertrude Brincklè, who were then on the staff of the Historical Society of Delaware, graciously extended aid and service far beyond the line of duty. Mr. Leon deValinger, Jr. and Miss Virginia Shaw of the State Archives and Dr. John A. Munroe and Dr. H.
    [Show full text]
  • Man and Nature in Delaware
    M.A.N A.ND N_ATU RE IN DE LAWARE. AN EN v 11tC) N 1vt t: NTA L H 1STC) Rv C) r THE r 1 RST STAT 1.:. 163 1 ·- 2000 W I L L I A J\.1 1-L W I L L I AM S M.AN AND NATURE TN DELAWARE AN lNVIRONivHNlAL H I STORY or THE I:I n.sr STAn , 163 1 2000 \,VI LLIAtvt H . VVI LLIAMS MAN AND NATURE IN DELAWARE: AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE FIRST STATE, 1631 – 2000 by William Henry Williams A Delaware Heritage Press Book Published by the Delaware Heritage Commission 121 Duke of York Street Dover, DE 19901 Telephone: (302) 744-5077 Website: heritage.delaware.gov Copyright © 2007 by Helen G. Williams All Rights Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. ISBN (hardcover edition): 0-924117-36-2 ISBN (softcover edition): 0- 924117-37-0 ISBN (ePUB edition): 978-0-924117-42-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008939314 Previous page: Eroding Beaches— This photograph of two World War II-era U.S. Army towers in the surf north of Rehoboth Beach provides a perfect metaphor for man’s changing relationship with nature in Delaware. When the towers were built about 1941, they were well back from the ocean. As late as the mid- 1970s, they were still some forty to fifty feet behind the dune line.
    [Show full text]
  • Journal of the Senate
    UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE LIBRARY --~----- __ -__ _ STATE OF DE LAWARE. JOURNALOF THE SENATE, AT A SESEION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CONVENED AND. HELD AT DOVER, ON TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH 'DAY OF JANUARY, IN THE YEAR 10F OUR LORD ONETHOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED ANDSEVENTY-NINE. AND OF THE JNDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE ONE RUN,DRED AND THIRD. ,,0 C C C , ( C' [.-;\o..:\ (".-. 'S:'> o C . \ c;,111 ~ (.'"'.} cl :):);'.'> ,) 0 :) 0 'J oo oo 0 0 0 0 0 :)0:):) _) 0 0 0 0 ., 0 0 0 ')'):, :, Oo '-':J 0 0 0 O O 0 ;>-:, 0 cJ O O 6 :, 0 0 -;-- \· \·1.:,yn,··· rcur,c, \I~) ..., .. ~:· ( \"')(''\'\~ 0 {~'(). JOURNi\LOF THE SENATE . OF TlIE ST ATE OF DELAWARE. At a session of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, convened and held at Dover, on Tuesday, the l:ieventhday of Janu­ ary, in the year of our Lord one· thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, and of the independence of the United States the Oli e · hundred and third, Messrs. Harry Sharpley, J. Wilkins Cooch and. Charles H. Mc­ Whorter, of New Castle county ; and Messrs. J Frank Denney, Charles J. Harrington and Caleb S. Pennewill, of Kent county; and Messrs. James A. Hopkins, Catesby F. Rust and Isaac Conaway, of Sussex county, appeared and took their seats. · The late Clerk, Merris Tayior, called the Senat,e to order. On motion of Mr .. Cooch, Mr. Sharpley was appointed Speaker, pro tempore. On motion of Mr. Denney, Mr. 1\'lcWhorter was appointed Clerk, pro tempore. On motion of Mr.
    [Show full text]
  • 1898 06 Literary.Pdf
    The Class of '99 Never late. Always on time. Delaware, Delaware Ninety-Nine. But talk about your farmers When we first struck this island Our class is a queer mixture We did not do a thing A happy lot were we, Of everything in view To the one who asked the teacher But now just look upon us, For we have got the farmers Where to find the small bee's sting. And tell us what you see. And a couple of Sheenies too. Of course our life is full of fun. There's Brennan, Burke and Eastburn And then we've got some preachers' sons. But not without its sorrow, Megee and Nivin too, Some boys who have taught school, For we have always got to get And Harrington and Wilson But there's not one among us, Our lessons for to-morrow. Left 'fore two years were through. Who could be called a fool. As this is all I have to say, But then to reinforce us " Ikie do you know your Latin ?" I guess I'd better close. The Vicker's brothers came, Is a monotonous cry, And say goodbye and McCabe, and even Marshall, Which is always heard at 12 o'clock Wish that God will bless all those, Returned and did the same. But Ikie says ; " Not I," Who read this Annual. Purty Girls Of all the queer, queer critters, Then sometimes an angry frown, From dodgers to co'n fritters, All the way from chin to crown, Purty girls are queerest. Distorts their purty faces; But again jes bear in mind, And again, afterwhile, when They can make 'emselves so kind They greet you so kindly, then That then, they prove the dearest.
    [Show full text]
  • Closing Judging by the Smiles on the Par­ 3 Years Ago Ticipants, All Had a Grand Time
    Downtown car show a big hit. PAGE12 • Can you solve the 'Post Stumper?' PAGE1s •:• Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since t910 •:• 95th Year, Issue 28 © 2oo4 August 13, 2004 Newark, Del. • 50¢ UP FRONT JCC Repeating ewark Parks and Recreation the ·news of Nrecently sponsored its popu­ lar Safety Town ,events. closing Judging by the smiles on the par­ 3 years ago ticipants, all had a grand time. What is tutu re By JIM STREIT Pictured clockwise, Brian Hansel, for historic build~ng? NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER 6, of Pike Creek, slides down the slide as worker Christina Coleman By JOE OliVIERI , hubbub erupted last A week in the media and of Newark watches from above; NEWARK POST CONTRIBUTING WRITER around water coolers Emily Zuleba of landenbereg, Pa when it became known that S the Jewish Community Center heightened terrorism alerts tries her hand at steering the fire A announced its closure at the end were spurred, in part, by engine; New Castle County Police of September, the latest chapter three-year-old intelligence. of Newark Post founder Everett C. officers Huff (left) and Brown Johnson's vision of what a building The resultant criticism was could stand for concludes, and its next fueled by desperate presiden~ stand next to their mounted hors­ chapter is yet to be written. tial politics. es, Misty and Elvis; Fratti gets her These are Insufficient membership and lack of serious matters, chance to sit on the police motor­ funds were the primary reasons JCC I know, but I'm cycle with the assistance of officials will close the fortress-like, sick of the elec­ stone-walled building, built in 1916 to tion already ..
    [Show full text]
  • Document Background the Reconstruction: Lest You Forget Letter Is Located in the Governor’S Papers Collection, Folder – Education Letters, out of State, Box 087418
    Document Background The Reconstruction: Lest You Forget Letter is located in the Governor’s Papers Collection, Folder – Education Letters, Out of State, Box 087418. This letter was sent to Governor Boggs in 1954 at the height of controversy concerning the Milford Desegregation Crisis. The Governor Saulsbury’s Message to Legislature document is located in the Executive Papers Collection, Record Group 1300, Box 391142, Folder – 1865 Governor Gove Saulsbury Message to Legislature. The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands document is part of a collection at the National Archives titled The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. This document is part of a report sent in May 1868 from John Kimball, the Superintendent of Education in the District of Columbia Region. Although the Delaware Public Archives does not have the original documents for this collection the National Archives has provided a microfilm copy of these records for use by patrons at the Delaware Public Archives. The Record Group number for this collection is 0775.011. Background Information The Reconstruction period was an emotionally charged ​ period in United States history that lasted roughly from 1863 through 1877 and was punctuated by the passage and ratification of three Constitutional Amendments, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth. Deciding on an effective plan to reintegrate the Southern states into the Union was no easy task. The country faced three major issues determining its course of action over the next years: determining the role of the freedmen in post Civil War America, clearly defining the role and acceptable power of former Confederates within their states and within the nation, and, finally, determining which branch of the federal government was responsible for overseeing Reconstruction: the executive or legislative branch of the i Federal Government.
    [Show full text]
  • 1913 01 Blue Hen Boa
    ENGRAVINGS PRINTING AND BINDING B V THE STAR PUBLISHING CO. WILMINGTON. DELAWARE Nineteen THirteen TO THE MEMORY OF Joseph Heckart Frazer THIS BOOK IS REVERENTLY INSCRIBED JOSEPH HECKART FRAZER, B. C. E. Salutation IND READER, we greet you. We have K endeavored, in the following pages, to embody the spirit, life, and activi- — ties of our college. But, to this end, our aim has been neither to flash upon you all the brilliant attributes of the members of our illustrious class, nor to throw the searchlight upon their failings. To do the former would blind you; the latter might drive you to the depths of despair. We sincerely hope the events and inci- dents herein recorded may contain something of interest to all. To us, the class of 1914, they hold much of interest and will ever recall to us dear memories of the happiest years of our life. In conclusion, we heartily thank all who have aided us in the preparation and publica- tion of our annual. THE EDITORS. THE BLUE HEN BOARD Editor-in-Chief CHARLES EDMUND GRUBB Associate Editors CLINTON HARRIOTT BROWN ALFRED CHAMBERLAIN CONNELLEE ARCHIE HOMEWOOD DEAN NORMAN JOSEPH MCDANIEL TOBIAS RUDULPH JOSEPH EDWARD WATTS Art Editor JOSEPH WARREN M'CAFFERTY Business Manager DANIEL RAYMOND MCNEAL Assistant Business Managers ROBERT WALKER CRANSTON SAMUEL MILLER SHALLCROSS 7 Joseph Heckart Frazer, B.C.E. JOSEPH HECKART FRAZER was born at Port Deposit, Maryland, on September 30, 1882. For six years he lived with his parents on the shore of the Susquehanna until, in 1888, the family moved to Newark, Delaware.
    [Show full text]
  • The Political History of Delaware During the Civil
    THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF DELAWARE DURING THE CIVIL WAR DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Harold Bell Hancock, B. A., A. M. The Ohio State University 19& Approved by: Department of History Preface Among the unexplored subjects in Delaware history is the story of politics during the Civil War. With the exception of an honor's thesis at Princeton University and a monograph upon Lincoln's emanci­ pation plan, no special studies of the period have ever been undertaken. The key to the era is politics, or the study of the relationships of the state and federal governments and of the state and citizen. There­ fore, it is worthwhile to examine closely these political connections. The most important source of information lies in the newspaper and manuscript collection in the Historical Society of Delaware. Indis­ pensable are the legislative journals, laws, and miscellaneous papers at the State Archives. The Wilmington Public Library, the Longwood Foundation, and Memorial Library at the University of Delaware furnished some material. Some letters and diaries were loaned by Delawareans. Outside of Delaware, the most rewarding material was found in the manuscript collections of the Library of Congress and National Archives. Through personal visits or by correspondence, letters of importance were located at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, University of North Carolina, Duke University, University of Chicago, Stanford University, University of Rochester, and Friends' Historical Society at Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Contacts with other institutions were disappointing. The author is indebted to many persons for assistance.
    [Show full text]
  • University of Pennsylvania Catalogue, 1865-66
    CATALOGUE TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND STUDENTS 4à fjitraftj nf ffim^mm CXVIth SESSION, 1865-66. PHILADELPHIA: COLLINS, PRINTER, 705 JAYNE STREET. 1866. CATALOGUE OP THE TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. CXVIth SESSION, 1865-66. PHILADELPHIA: COLLINS, PRINTER, 705 JAYNE STREET. 1866. Erttstres THE GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA, Ex OFFICIO, President of the Board. REV. ALBERT BARNES, REV. BENJAMIN DORR, D.D., GEORGE M. WHARTON, REV. HENRY J. MORTON, D.D., RENÉ LA ROCHE, M.D., JOHN 0. CRESSON, FREDERICK FRALEY, H. BINNEY, JR., STEPHEN COLWELL, GEORGE W. NORRIS, M.D., . JAMES BAYARD, J. I. CLARK HARE, ADOLPH E. BORIE, DAVID LEWIS, REV. CHARLES W. SCHAEFFER, D. D., WILLIAM STRONG, JOHN WELSH, PETER MoCALL, GEORGE B. WOOD, M.D., ALEXANDER HENRY, RT. REV. W. B. STEVENS, D.D., REV. C. P. KRAUTH, D.D., JOHN ASHHURST, CADWALADER BIDDLE, Secretary and Treasurer. Stanöin0 eommittres OP THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR 1866. s COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS. Mr. Welsh, Chairman, Mr. Bayard, Mr. Borie, Mr. Lewis. COMMITTEE ON THE BUILDINGS, ESTATES, AND PROPERTY. Mr. Binney, Chaifman, Mr. Lewis. Mr. Cresson, COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY. Bev. Mr. Barnes, Chairman, Mr. Henry. Bev. Dr. Dorr, JP COMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS. Mr. Wharton, Chairman, Rev. Dr. Schaeffer, Mr. Fraley, Mr. McCall. COMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE. Dr. Wood, Chairman, Mr. Gresson, Dr. Norris, ' Bishop Stevens. Dr. La Boche, COMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW. Mr. Thompson, Chairman, Mr. Hare, Mr. Binney, Mr. Strong. Mr. Wharton, COMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, MINES, ARTS, AND MECHANIC ARTS. Mr. Cresson, Chairman, Mr.
    [Show full text]
  • 1895-01-19, [P ]
    ♦ ► VOL. XXVIII—NO. 3. MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1895. PRICE, 3 CENTS SENATOR HIGGINS. GOVERNORS OF DELAWARE. ODESSA NOTES. LITTLE LOCALS. EDUCATIONAL INTEREST. TOWNSEND TOPICS. Social —Services in the M. E. Church this week Wliac the People of Ollier States Think The Meu who Rave Occupied the Chief Miss Mary Chance spent Sunday With Miss Lena Pizer is teaching at the Levels have been interesting and well attended. &• of Delaware’s Most Worthy Sou Magistrate Office for the Past School. Summer Schools flir Teachers as '■ Miss Sallie Enos. •••••• Events The following from the New York Press 100 Years. Dr. Sweeney of Smyrna was in town on —Mr. Henery Talbot has leased the Col. Viewed bv a State Principal—Other m & The following are the men whom Dela­ Miss Mary J. Doughten is quite 111 at her V - and other leading papeis expresses mir sent­ Thursday. Clayton home, and will take possession School Questions of Interest to ■ ■ ware has honored with tlie Governor’s home on Main St. jlfr*** iments and we believe*those of tl.e masses The Season’s Amusements In Town March 25. Teachers—Delawnre In the Line of of the Re; iiblican ] arty in Delà wart : office. Miss Mary DuHammel Register is the 'Mrs. W. H. Money has been quite sick, —The Missson Band of Forest Church UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OK 1792. but is better now. and Country—Surprise Parties Progress. /•V; ‘■file Republicans of the Slate of Del:- guest of Miss Neal Townsend. will have an entertainment at Mrs, Gilpin, ware should not hesitate for one moment in Joshua Clayton, from January 13th, 1793 MissSmith of Philadelphia is spending Miss Moitié Moore, of Delaware City is as Popular as Ever.
    [Show full text]
  • 200 Notable Days: Senate Stories, 1787 to 2002
    200 Notable Days SENATE STORIE S • 1787 TO 2002 RICHARD A. BAKER, Senate Historian Prepared under the direction of Emily J. Reynolds, Secretary of the Senate U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTIN G O FFICE WA S HIN G T O N , D C Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Baker, rchard A. 200 notable days : Senate stores, 1787 to 2002 / rchard A. Baker. p. cm. Includes bblographcal references and ndex. ISBN 0-16-076331-2 (alk. paper) 1. Unted States. Congress. Senate—hstory. 2. Unted States. Congress. Senate—hstory—Anecdotes. 3. Legslatve bodes—Unted States—hstory. 4. Legslatve bodes—Unted States—hstory—Anecdotes. I. ttle. II. ttle: Two hundred notable days. JK1161.B313 2006 328.73’071—dc22 2006046631 For sale by the Superntendent of Documents, U.S. Government Prntng Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; DC area (202) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2250 Mal: Stop IDCC, Washngton, DC 20402-0001 ISBN 0-16-076331-2 CONTENTS C H A P T E R Introducton v I: FORMATIVE YEARS OF THE SENATE, 1787-1800 1 II: The “GoLDEN AGe” of the SenaTE, 1801-1850 29 III: WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1851-1880 57 IV: ORIGINS OF THE MODERN SENATE, 1881-1920 85 V: ERA OF INVESTIGATIONS, 1921-1940 125 VI: WAR AND REORGANIZATION, 1941-1963 151 VII: THE MODERN SENATE, 1964-2002 191 Acknowledgements 218 Credts for Illustratons 219 Index 223 Introduction t s mpossble to walk through the busy corrdors of the Unted States Captol wthout hearng stores. The buldng’s marble and sandstone halls echo wth loud stores, whspered stores, stores told n I Englsh and n a multtude of other languages.
    [Show full text]
  • History DE Sussex County
    History, DE, Sussex, County The History of Sussex County [PHOTO] Photo courtesy of Nick Varrato, Jr. 1890's era political gathering in Cherry Lane behind the Sussex County Courthouse By Dick Carter Of the one thousand copies of this first permanent edition of "The History of Sussex County," this copy is number.... 725 Page 1 of 198 History, DE, Sussex, County The History of Sussex County Written and edited By Dick Carter © 1976 Community Newspaper Corp. the permanent edition This history of Sussex County first appeared as a special bicentennial supplement to the July I, 1976 issues of THE DELMARVA NEWS and THE DELAWARE COAST PRESS. At that time, it existed only in newsprint form. In the months since the history first appeared, however, the response from the general public has been such that I and my employers at Community Newspapers, Inc., have decided to publish this permanent, limited edition of one thousand copies for those readers who wish to own a copy of the history in more durable form than its original newspaper version. In publishing the history in permanent form; we realize that we owe much to the nine Sussex County firms and organizations who sponsored the original printing. We also feel that their original sponsoring pages are an integral part of the whole. For that reason, those pages are a part of this edition as they were of the original. Dick Carter November, 1976 Page 2 of 198 History, DE, Sussex, County Table of Contents Preface...........................................................................5 The Age of Exploration...........................................................11
    [Show full text]