A reader sent me a
reference to a newspaper article on M. Carrie Ellis. Carrie Ellis lived in
Delmar in the 1890's and 1900's. Her son-in-law was Dr. James Brayshaw, whose
name a house on Jewell Street carries. I had done a post on The Brayshaw House some time ago.
Mary Carrie Chaworth married Jonathan Waller Ellis on January 13, 1874 in
Cambridge Maryland. Her mother was Margaret Phillips Chaworth and her father
was L. Byron Chatworth. The two of them were married June 2, 1852.
The newspaper article I keyed in to this post and is interesting. I know that
altho the house was called The Brayshaw house it was owned by M. Carrie Ellis.
Perhaps this inheritance mentioned in the article was the source of the money
for the house - one can only guess. Googling Chaworth and you find only
confusion with no reference to L. Byron Chaworth than in marriage license and
this newspaper article. So it is a bit of a mystery.
So back to Dr James Brayshaw, in 1896 he married Agnes Ellis, a young lady 27
years his junior. She was the daughter of Jonathan Waller Ellis (1840-1915 son
of James Ellis and Eleanor Ann Waller) and Mary Carrie Ellis (1854-1930). James
and Agnes had one son, James Ellis Brayshaw (1897-1931). The son married Laura
Rodney (1897-1930). Altho the house is called the Doctor James Brayshaw house
from what I can determine the house was owned by his mother-in-law, M. Carrie
Ellis. The house was built between 1903 to 1906 (fits the time of an
inheritance). It is unclear when the house was sold. It could have been after
Jonathan Ellis died in 1915 or after Carrie Ellis died in 1930. Regardless, in
the 1920 census Dr. Brayshaw is practicing medicine in Delaware City and his
mother-in-law is living with them. James Brayshaw died in 1927 and Agnes
Brayshaw died in 1957. The Brayshaws and Ellis' are buried in Parson Cemetery
in Salisbury.
So here is the article;
A Romance of Maryland
Marriage In Dorchester County of L. Byron Chaworth
From The Evening Times May 7, 1901
CAMBRIDGE, MD May 6, - A letter from an attorney in the South to Mayor Robert
G. Henry, of Cambridge, inquiring the whereabouts, if living, of a certain
lady, has revived an old romance that has been forgotten for 40 years.
Somewhere about 1850 or ’52 a young Englishman came to Cambridge and announced
himself as L. Byron Chaworth, of England. He came, he said, to make the Eastern
Shore his home and wanted employment. He was a comely young fellow with the
thews and sinews of a trained athlete and accomplished in feats of strength and
agility then quite uncommon in this region, In addition to this he performed
some creditable tricks in legerdemain and ventriloquism, which added to his
graceful manner and charm of an educated cultivated mind, soon made him a
welcome guest in the best homes in Dorchester county.
He had very little means at his command and engaged in teaching school at
Antioch, several miles from Cambridge. His athletic training stood him in good
stead in those days when big boys in country schools were very hard customers
to handle. Young Chaworth proved to be an all-round good fellow and waxed
popular with young men and maidens. He could hold his own with the best
educated gentlemen in the country, back a horse as well as the most cunning
jockey and play a stiff hand at poker with the best adepts of the game.
It was the possession of such accomplishments as these that caused Farmer Henry
Phillips to refuse Chaworth the hand of his pretty daughter Margaret when the
Englishman sued for it. But the objection was of no avail, for one dark night
pretty Maragret escaped out of a second-story window into the arms of her lover
and was married to him by the most convenient minister. The elopement was the
talk of the county for a while and many thought that the young lady had
“carried her ducks to a bad market.” Pretty soon Chaworth began to show himself
in colors other than those exposed to the public eye before his marriage. He
treated his wife badly and became very dissipated and reckless in his conduct.
A year after the marriage a girl child was born. She was named Karee. The child
was yet an infant when Chaworth left his wife and went South. He never came
back to Maryland nor communicated with his wife so far as known. He was heard
of during the Civil War as a spy in the Confederate service. Chaworth said his
full name was Lord Byron Chaworth and created the impression that he was of the
same family of Chaworths into which the poet Byron tried to marry. He also
claimed to be a scion of a noble house and possible heir to wealth and title.
No one believed this to be true after his bad conduct in the county.
Now, however, comes a letter from a Southern Lawyer to Mayor Henry asking after
the daughter of L. Byron Chaworth, in which it is stated that such a person was
known to have been born in Dorchester county in the fifties. The letter also
stated that the inquiry was made through the request of the London solicitor of
Count Chaworth. Mayor Henry declines to disclose the name of the lawyer who
wrote the letter and the name and residence of the lady. But, he says, the
lawyer stated that there is a considerable estate in which the daughter of Lord
Byron Chaworth is interested aboard, presumably in England. The lady in
question was married many years ago and lives in Delaware. She was located by
Mayor Henry after some effort and told of her probable good fortune. The lady
requested Mr. Henry to withhold her name from the public until she learned more
about the matter, to which he gave assent.
Now, then, comes an interesting point, Why should an English solicitor be
writing to a lawyer in the South about a lady who presumably could be found in
Cambridge , Md.? It looks as if there are some people in the South who may be
interested in any estate that rightfully belongs to the heirs of Byron
Chaworth, that worthy gentleman having been long since gathered to his fathers,
and his wife, poor woman, having died seven years after giving birth to his
child. It may be that Chaworth married in the South and left a family there and
that the lawyer mentioned might be their attorney. At any rate, the parties
interested are moving warily and some developments are soon expected to throw
more light upon the situation.
The resurrection of this old romance brings up memories of another person who
figured in Cambridge for many years and who though as well known as any man in
the county during his life, passed into the beyond and left behind an
impenetrable mystery. This man, George Winthrop, was closely connected with
this romance of the Chaworths, inasmuch as he was appointed guardian of Karee
Chaworth by the court upon the death of her mother and administered the
property her mother left her faithfully and well until she grew to womanhood,
married and left the State.
George Winthrop came to Dorchester about 1832 as the tutor of the children of
Levin Richardson at Elsing, on the Little Choptank river. He said he was from
Massachusetts and of the same family as the historic Governor Winthrop. Later
on he abandoned school teaching and created the impression that he had become
well off through a family inheritance.; He lived in Cambridge in good style
always had money and all thought him comparatively rich, though he never
possessed property here. He was highly respected all his long life and died
full of years and honors, leaving behind him only about enough money to pay
funeral expenses.
Some of his close friends here wrote to the people in Massachusetts that George
Winthrop claimed as his relatives and whom he ostensibly visited in his annual
trips North and were amazed to learn from their replies that none of them had
ever heard of him. From that day to this no one has been able to find the
slightest clue to either the supposed fortune or the birthplace or a single
Northern friend of George Winthrop.
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Native Of Delmar Maryland Dies In San Diego
When he retired as editor of The San Diego Union’s editorial page
in 1990, Edward Fike looked back at his 13-year tenure and noted the changes
that had occurred in his beloved San Diego.
“We have seen the maturing of the city and a host of new problems,” he said in a March 31, 1990, interview with The San Diego Union. “But these are not problems of decline and decay. These are problems of growth.”
Mr. Fike died Aug. 26 (2011)of a heart attack at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas. He was 91.
He worked diligently to help grow San Diego, from promoting the trolley to cofounding the San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum, now known as USS Midway Museum. He was instrumental in the convention center’s construction, served on the board of Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, and founded MILMEC, a local group of media, industrial, legal, military, educational and corporate leaders that has met regularly for 30 years.
“Ed Fike was an unalloyed conservative who always fought tenaciously for what he believed was best for San Diego and America,” said Bob Kittle, who succeeded Mr. Fike as editorial page editor of the Union. “Not everyone shared his conservative outlook, but no one could ever doubt his sincerity and his commitment.”
Edward Lake Fike was born March 31, 1920, in Delmar, Md., the second of four children to Claudius Edwin Fike and Rosa Lake Pegram. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Duke University in 1941 and graduated as an ensign from the Naval Officer Candidate School at Northwestern University in 1942.
As a navy lieutenant and division officer during World War II, he served as navigator aboard the ammunition ship Mount Baker and the amphibious ship Rushmore during its participation in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He was a naval reservist from 1946 to 1963.
Mr. Fike’s first journalism job was from 1945 to 1948 as editor and co-publisher of the Nelsonville Tribune in Nelsonville, Ohio. After working as director of public information at Duke University and serving on the U.S. Delegation North Atlantic Counsel in Paris, he returned to newspapers in 1953 as associate editor of the Rocky Mount Evening Telegram in North Carolina.
From 1957 to 1968, he was editor and publisher of Fike Newspapers in Montana and California, followed by two years as associate editor of the Richmond News Leader in Virginia.
In 1970, Mr. Fike came to San Diego as director of news and editorial analysis for Copley Newspapers. In 1977, he was named editor of the Union’s editorial pages.
“He was a fearless editorialist,” said Kittle. “In a White House briefing for regional newspaper editors in 1978, Ed directly challenged President Jimmy Carter on his cutbacks in the Navy’s budget at a moment when the Soviet Union was engaged in an arms buildup. The White House transcript of that session shows that the president came out the loser in his encounter with Ed.”
Retired Rear Adm. Riley Mixson, who worked with Mr. Fike on bringing the aircraft carrier Midway to San Diego, remembers his friend as a “real fireball” but also someone who could just as easily defuse a tense situation.
“More than once when we were getting in heated discussions over this issue or that with regards to bringing the Midway here, Ed would say, ‘Let’s just take a deep breath here. We are in it for the same motivation.’
“Every step of the way, Ed had the right amount of sense intermixed with the right amount of humor and ability. He had a very calming effect when passions wanted to take over.”
Mr. Fike is survived by his wife of 59 years, the former Amy Drake of Cardiff; sister Ruth Pittman of St. Petersburg, Fla.; daughters Rosa Stevenson of Solana Beach, Evelyn Chapin of San Jose, Amy Peters of Carlsbad and Melinda Vertin of San Jose; and 10 grandchildren. He was predeceased by his twin brother Claude Fike and sister Evelyn Laupus.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Sept. 23 at First United Methodist Church in Mission Valley. Donations may be made in Mr. Fike’s memory to First United Methodist Church, 2111 Camino del Rio South, San Diego, CA 92108 or to Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute by emailing
From San Diego.com
“We have seen the maturing of the city and a host of new problems,” he said in a March 31, 1990, interview with The San Diego Union. “But these are not problems of decline and decay. These are problems of growth.”
Mr. Fike died Aug. 26 (2011)of a heart attack at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas. He was 91.
He worked diligently to help grow San Diego, from promoting the trolley to cofounding the San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum, now known as USS Midway Museum. He was instrumental in the convention center’s construction, served on the board of Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, and founded MILMEC, a local group of media, industrial, legal, military, educational and corporate leaders that has met regularly for 30 years.
“Ed Fike was an unalloyed conservative who always fought tenaciously for what he believed was best for San Diego and America,” said Bob Kittle, who succeeded Mr. Fike as editorial page editor of the Union. “Not everyone shared his conservative outlook, but no one could ever doubt his sincerity and his commitment.”
Edward Lake Fike was born March 31, 1920, in Delmar, Md., the second of four children to Claudius Edwin Fike and Rosa Lake Pegram. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Duke University in 1941 and graduated as an ensign from the Naval Officer Candidate School at Northwestern University in 1942.
As a navy lieutenant and division officer during World War II, he served as navigator aboard the ammunition ship Mount Baker and the amphibious ship Rushmore during its participation in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He was a naval reservist from 1946 to 1963.
Mr. Fike’s first journalism job was from 1945 to 1948 as editor and co-publisher of the Nelsonville Tribune in Nelsonville, Ohio. After working as director of public information at Duke University and serving on the U.S. Delegation North Atlantic Counsel in Paris, he returned to newspapers in 1953 as associate editor of the Rocky Mount Evening Telegram in North Carolina.
From 1957 to 1968, he was editor and publisher of Fike Newspapers in Montana and California, followed by two years as associate editor of the Richmond News Leader in Virginia.
In 1970, Mr. Fike came to San Diego as director of news and editorial analysis for Copley Newspapers. In 1977, he was named editor of the Union’s editorial pages.
“He was a fearless editorialist,” said Kittle. “In a White House briefing for regional newspaper editors in 1978, Ed directly challenged President Jimmy Carter on his cutbacks in the Navy’s budget at a moment when the Soviet Union was engaged in an arms buildup. The White House transcript of that session shows that the president came out the loser in his encounter with Ed.”
Retired Rear Adm. Riley Mixson, who worked with Mr. Fike on bringing the aircraft carrier Midway to San Diego, remembers his friend as a “real fireball” but also someone who could just as easily defuse a tense situation.
“More than once when we were getting in heated discussions over this issue or that with regards to bringing the Midway here, Ed would say, ‘Let’s just take a deep breath here. We are in it for the same motivation.’
“Every step of the way, Ed had the right amount of sense intermixed with the right amount of humor and ability. He had a very calming effect when passions wanted to take over.”
Mr. Fike is survived by his wife of 59 years, the former Amy Drake of Cardiff; sister Ruth Pittman of St. Petersburg, Fla.; daughters Rosa Stevenson of Solana Beach, Evelyn Chapin of San Jose, Amy Peters of Carlsbad and Melinda Vertin of San Jose; and 10 grandchildren. He was predeceased by his twin brother Claude Fike and sister Evelyn Laupus.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Sept. 23 at First United Methodist Church in Mission Valley. Donations may be made in Mr. Fike’s memory to First United Methodist Church, 2111 Camino del Rio South, San Diego, CA 92108 or to Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute by emailing
From San Diego.com
Delmar High School Hockey
From The Double Mills Newsletter
There is an interesting comment in it about Delmar High School Hockey
My mom and I saw this old plow outside of an antique store in
Onancock, which sent mom down memory lane. She told me about
her days at Delmar High in the late ‘40s—early ’50s when the
school district couldn’t afford hockey sticks for the gym class, so
they used plow handles. By today’s standards, I guess she was
“under-privileged,” but I don’t think she ever felt that way at all
There is an interesting comment in it about Delmar High School Hockey
My mom and I saw this old plow outside of an antique store in
Onancock, which sent mom down memory lane. She told me about
her days at Delmar High in the late ‘40s—early ’50s when the
school district couldn’t afford hockey sticks for the gym class, so
they used plow handles. By today’s standards, I guess she was
“under-privileged,” but I don’t think she ever felt that way at all
Saturday, June 6, 2015
West To Ohio
April 16th, 1834 Elisha Hasting started to the state of Ohio to
Marysville, Levin Hasting to the same place on Wednesday Entry
from the Diary of Isaac Sullivan, a Storekeeper, who lived between Portsville
and Bethel Delaware.
In researching family trees frequently you find you have cousins in Ohio. In the 1800’s there was a great migration from the East coast to Ohio and other parts of the Old Northwest Territory (Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois). Delmarva had thousands of people migrate west. Ohio in 1800 had a population of 45,000 white people and by 1840 it had 1.4 million. Usually People from Delmarva would settle in Southern Ohio because they crossed thru the Cumberland Gap which took them into the southern end of the state.
So why did they go west? The incentives for migration were many and varied since each person responded to factors which either repelled him from his old home or attracted him to a new home. There were hardship reasons; from the effect of the Revolutionary war and War of 1812 where the British burnt and destroyed family property and farms. There was the unusual climatic aberrations of 1816 occurred because of the 1815 volcanic Mount Tambora eruption on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. It created a year without a summer in which the crops failed. In 1819 a financial panic swept across the country. The growth in trade that followed the War of 1812 came to an abrupt halt. Unemployment mounted, banks failed, mortgages were foreclosed, and agricultural prices fell by half. Investment in western lands collapsed. The Land Act of 1820 reduced the price of federal land to $1.25 acre, with a minimum purchase of 80 acres and a down payment of only $100. Further, the act gave squatters the right to “preempt” these conditions and purchase the land even more cheaply if they had made ‘improvements’ to the land like the building of homes, fences, or mills. Various land companies and speculators, most importantly the Ohio Company of Associates, the Connecticut Land Company, and John Cleves Symmes, began the process of buying and selling Ohio lands and advertising heavily in East coast towns and Europe.
Revolutionary War veterans were given land in Ohio. The very name Cincinnati came from the Society of the Cincinnati, which gets its name from Cincinnatus, the Roman general and dictator, who saved the city of Rome from destruction and then quietly retired to his farm. The society honored the ideal of return to civilian life by military officers following the Revolution rather than imposing military rule. To this day, Cincinnati in particular, and Ohio in general, is home to a disproportionately large number of descendants of Revolutionary War soldiers who were granted lands in the state.
Frequently correspondence with friends and families who had migrated before - It was very common for recent migrants to write to family and friends back home to report on their journeys and their successes (or lack thereof) in their new homes. In most cases, these letters included both subtle and outright requests for the recipient of the letter and his/her family to travel to the West in order to join the writer in his community. Which created pockets of Delawareans since they settled in areas where other Delawarean settled. New Holland, Pickaway County Ohio is one area were a number settled.
And of course even on Delmarva there are always people who are ready to travel anywhere for the adventure.
Sept 8, 1828 John Gordy of William of Maryland and Joseph Leonard started to the Western Country on Monday Entry from the Diary of Isaac Sullivan
Various routes were followed by the settlers depending on the time period they left Delmarva. The Allegheny Mountains posed the greatest barrier to westward expansion. The two principal routes were overland from Baltimore to Redstone on the Monongahela River via the National Road (today RT 40); or by the Forbes Road (Rt30) from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. At the end of these two overland treks, the settlers bought or constructed boats and rafts and continued their journey by water. They came by pack-horse train up an Indian Trail. They came down the Ohio River, the whole family in a Flatboat, with team and wagon aboard. They came by several trails in Conestoga wagons, pulled by yokes of oxen or teams of horses, four horse teams.
Interestingly you can look at the families from Delaware living in Ohio and see a general trend as how they arrived in Ohio. In the 1860 census the people born in Delaware and living in Ohio are mostly in their 60’s. The husband would be from Delaware, his wife would be from Virginia, or Maryland, or Tennessee or Kentucky. The Children would be born in Ohio. It usually indicated that he went west by way of the Wilderness Trail which took him thru those states.
From 1825 to 1850, the National Road was the primary route immigrants and east coast settlers used in their western migration. Small towns sprung up along the pike. By 1837 14 of the state's 32 established stage routes connected to the National Road. Already established towns like Zanesville and Cambridge began to take on added importance along the new road, and completely new town were being laid out along the pike.
Looking at the 1860 census of people born in Delaware but living in Ohio we can see the people from Delaware mainly settled in Hamilton County, Pickaway County and Ross County. For every person from Delaware there were ten from Maryland that were living in Ohio. The Maryland people were all over Ohio with large pockets in Montgomery and Hamilton County. For every person from Delaware there were twenty from Virginia that moved to Ohio. In general people from Delmarva settled in southern Ohio due to the route they took to Ohio.
By 1860 most were over 50 years of age. The ones from Delaware that were tradesmen seem to have settled in Hamilton County where Cincinnati is located. Cincinnati was a melting pot of east coast people mixed with a large number of Germans and Irish. It was a riverfront town that was wild. The tradesman were Brickmakers, finishers, carpenters, shoemakers, chaircaners, blacksmith etc. Among the Delawareans settled there in 1860 were Wm Bell with a wife from Virginia and children born in Ohio, Henry Benson and wife with children born Delaware, Illinois and Ohio, Susanna Burroughs with children born in Ohio, Benj Dale with a wife from Virginia, Wm Elliott and family from Delaware etc
Delawareans in Pickaway county were mostly farmers with many settling in Perry township (John Bennett, Andrew Jester, Andrew Kimmey, Thomas Truitt, William Pennywell, Sarah Rowe, and Isaac Ecord), or Monroe towship (Elijah Lingo, Thomas w Bennett, John Darley, Elias Moore.) In Ross county they mainly settled in Deerfield Township ( Benj Brown (wife from Tenn.) John Crumpton, John Dowing Wm Hastings, Solomon Kimmey Wm Reed, Lydia Timmons, Ed Wilson , David Adams, Wm Crawford, etc.)
Hiram Hearn from Delaware picked up a wife in Ohio and in 1860 ending up living in Hardin County, McDonald Township, over in Dudley township was Sam Lingo (wife from Virginia), Isaac Short with wife Margaret both from Delaware, Geo Wingate, etc.
So when you post those on-line inquiries about family trees don't be suprised if someone from Ohio doesn't answer your inquiry.
In researching family trees frequently you find you have cousins in Ohio. In the 1800’s there was a great migration from the East coast to Ohio and other parts of the Old Northwest Territory (Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois). Delmarva had thousands of people migrate west. Ohio in 1800 had a population of 45,000 white people and by 1840 it had 1.4 million. Usually People from Delmarva would settle in Southern Ohio because they crossed thru the Cumberland Gap which took them into the southern end of the state.
So why did they go west? The incentives for migration were many and varied since each person responded to factors which either repelled him from his old home or attracted him to a new home. There were hardship reasons; from the effect of the Revolutionary war and War of 1812 where the British burnt and destroyed family property and farms. There was the unusual climatic aberrations of 1816 occurred because of the 1815 volcanic Mount Tambora eruption on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. It created a year without a summer in which the crops failed. In 1819 a financial panic swept across the country. The growth in trade that followed the War of 1812 came to an abrupt halt. Unemployment mounted, banks failed, mortgages were foreclosed, and agricultural prices fell by half. Investment in western lands collapsed. The Land Act of 1820 reduced the price of federal land to $1.25 acre, with a minimum purchase of 80 acres and a down payment of only $100. Further, the act gave squatters the right to “preempt” these conditions and purchase the land even more cheaply if they had made ‘improvements’ to the land like the building of homes, fences, or mills. Various land companies and speculators, most importantly the Ohio Company of Associates, the Connecticut Land Company, and John Cleves Symmes, began the process of buying and selling Ohio lands and advertising heavily in East coast towns and Europe.
Revolutionary War veterans were given land in Ohio. The very name Cincinnati came from the Society of the Cincinnati, which gets its name from Cincinnatus, the Roman general and dictator, who saved the city of Rome from destruction and then quietly retired to his farm. The society honored the ideal of return to civilian life by military officers following the Revolution rather than imposing military rule. To this day, Cincinnati in particular, and Ohio in general, is home to a disproportionately large number of descendants of Revolutionary War soldiers who were granted lands in the state.
Frequently correspondence with friends and families who had migrated before - It was very common for recent migrants to write to family and friends back home to report on their journeys and their successes (or lack thereof) in their new homes. In most cases, these letters included both subtle and outright requests for the recipient of the letter and his/her family to travel to the West in order to join the writer in his community. Which created pockets of Delawareans since they settled in areas where other Delawarean settled. New Holland, Pickaway County Ohio is one area were a number settled.
And of course even on Delmarva there are always people who are ready to travel anywhere for the adventure.
Sept 8, 1828 John Gordy of William of Maryland and Joseph Leonard started to the Western Country on Monday Entry from the Diary of Isaac Sullivan
Various routes were followed by the settlers depending on the time period they left Delmarva. The Allegheny Mountains posed the greatest barrier to westward expansion. The two principal routes were overland from Baltimore to Redstone on the Monongahela River via the National Road (today RT 40); or by the Forbes Road (Rt30) from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. At the end of these two overland treks, the settlers bought or constructed boats and rafts and continued their journey by water. They came by pack-horse train up an Indian Trail. They came down the Ohio River, the whole family in a Flatboat, with team and wagon aboard. They came by several trails in Conestoga wagons, pulled by yokes of oxen or teams of horses, four horse teams.
Interestingly you can look at the families from Delaware living in Ohio and see a general trend as how they arrived in Ohio. In the 1860 census the people born in Delaware and living in Ohio are mostly in their 60’s. The husband would be from Delaware, his wife would be from Virginia, or Maryland, or Tennessee or Kentucky. The Children would be born in Ohio. It usually indicated that he went west by way of the Wilderness Trail which took him thru those states.
From 1825 to 1850, the National Road was the primary route immigrants and east coast settlers used in their western migration. Small towns sprung up along the pike. By 1837 14 of the state's 32 established stage routes connected to the National Road. Already established towns like Zanesville and Cambridge began to take on added importance along the new road, and completely new town were being laid out along the pike.
Looking at the 1860 census of people born in Delaware but living in Ohio we can see the people from Delaware mainly settled in Hamilton County, Pickaway County and Ross County. For every person from Delaware there were ten from Maryland that were living in Ohio. The Maryland people were all over Ohio with large pockets in Montgomery and Hamilton County. For every person from Delaware there were twenty from Virginia that moved to Ohio. In general people from Delmarva settled in southern Ohio due to the route they took to Ohio.
By 1860 most were over 50 years of age. The ones from Delaware that were tradesmen seem to have settled in Hamilton County where Cincinnati is located. Cincinnati was a melting pot of east coast people mixed with a large number of Germans and Irish. It was a riverfront town that was wild. The tradesman were Brickmakers, finishers, carpenters, shoemakers, chaircaners, blacksmith etc. Among the Delawareans settled there in 1860 were Wm Bell with a wife from Virginia and children born in Ohio, Henry Benson and wife with children born Delaware, Illinois and Ohio, Susanna Burroughs with children born in Ohio, Benj Dale with a wife from Virginia, Wm Elliott and family from Delaware etc
Delawareans in Pickaway county were mostly farmers with many settling in Perry township (John Bennett, Andrew Jester, Andrew Kimmey, Thomas Truitt, William Pennywell, Sarah Rowe, and Isaac Ecord), or Monroe towship (Elijah Lingo, Thomas w Bennett, John Darley, Elias Moore.) In Ross county they mainly settled in Deerfield Township ( Benj Brown (wife from Tenn.) John Crumpton, John Dowing Wm Hastings, Solomon Kimmey Wm Reed, Lydia Timmons, Ed Wilson , David Adams, Wm Crawford, etc.)
Hiram Hearn from Delaware picked up a wife in Ohio and in 1860 ending up living in Hardin County, McDonald Township, over in Dudley township was Sam Lingo (wife from Virginia), Isaac Short with wife Margaret both from Delaware, Geo Wingate, etc.
So when you post those on-line inquiries about family trees don't be suprised if someone from Ohio doesn't answer your inquiry.
One Horse or Two Horse farm
From The Wicomico News - 1908
FOR RENT
I will rent for the year 1909 two 2-horse farms and one 1-horse farm. With or without teams. Apply to:
C. C. PARKER
Delmar, Del.
FOR RENT
I will rent for the year 1909 two 2-horse farms and one 1-horse farm. With or without teams. Apply to:
C. C. PARKER
Delmar, Del.
Friday, June 5, 2015
See You At The Day In The Park
Stop by our booth and learn about the Delmar historical and Arts Society at Day in the Park in Delmar tomorrow.
Monday, June 1, 2015
Join DHAS
DELMAR
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