Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

to me full well why Delaware ba,
never been charged with lack of m m
triotism. P''
Few, however get so far away. Ever
New York year ago could scarcel,
organize Delaware Society" of 2OG
members. Philadelphia seems geper.
ally to have been their objective
point
IN INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS.
They may be heard on SUNDAY j.,
many puIplts; on secular days many
hohorcd ones may be heard lifting their
/ voices at the bar and on the platform
Along the river front the produce busi.
ness Is almost entirely in their hands
and the little tugboats on the river will
most ali reckon one or two amono tba
( crew On Market street they hold the
balance Of power. 1t is not too rpucl
10 say that on that busy street. between
Broad street and the Delaware River
counting employees and emploved
/ three-hiths are Of Delaware birth q,
ancestry. Journalism and literature
/ nave also claimed number Every
newspaper IN the city can count sew.
eral among its force They are at the
/ mead OF banks and other large 6nan-
clai institutions, and many large man
/ uiacturinS establishments are undar
their ownership and direction.
/ 1t Is impossible here to give list of
/ the men IN all the avenues of business
but a few leaders may be mentioned
Am ong the ministers are the names of
the Rev. Samuel w. Thomas. ID. d.
/ the Rev. james Hepburn Harpis and
the veteran, the Rev. Andrew Man
ship. At the bar there are fortv odd
most Of whom are known as brilliant
men. There are the three Gilpin bows
Hood, Bernard and WASHINGTON
sons OF Judge Gllpin, one of Delaware's =
most EoGored and able iurists: James
Il. Hevcrin and James II. Shakespcara
both Of Kent county, and whose FAM
lies were singularly Joined by three
Shakespeare brothers marryino fbreA
HeFerin sisters; Horace Hepburn and
Henry +. Hepburn, two brothers who
once taught school in Sussex county.
ani have since become large land own
era there; the Hon. William + Uarrlty
HoFato Gates Jones. Alexander =
Coiesberry, Frank II Shattock II
ternley Brooks, A. ). L. Shields. Fza.
klal Hum, Sussex d. Davis and Alfred
Lee, whose families were prominent in
and near Wilmington; Norris :. Bar
rett, whose ancestor founded the
famous Barrett's Chapel, Francis
Skunk Brown and William A Brown
two sons OF famous politician of Kent
county, and Elias z. Smithers, James
NJ. West, Frank B. Stockley. Arthur
NJ. Burton and Kendall Stocklev. of
the Oldest Sussex county stock.
IN MEDICINE AND FINANCE.
The medical profession has been cho.
sen by large number, there being
about % physicians, of whom the
greater number were born in Della
ware. Among these are DIR. w. JoseDb
Hearn, connected with both the Jetfer-
son College and Philadelphia HOSPITAL
staff; Dr. j. e. Garrettson, DR. E. 0.
Shakespeare, DR.. w. G. A. Bonwill.
DR.. Joseph a. McFerran, DR.. VIM. s
Higbee, DR.. Benjamin Lee, son of the
the late Bishop Lee, of Wilmington;
DR.. l.. X. Baldwin, Dr. Frederick :.
Brown. DIR. Samuel Creadick, DR.. A. c.
Deakyne, Dir. }. CaIdeen Cooper, DR..
James b. ClawsOn, DR.. Frank Fisher
DIR. Charles 5. Hearn, DIR. +. S. Har.
rlngton, Dr. Napoleon Hickman. DR..
II. {. Register and DIR. Eugene Wiley.
In the circle of finance and insurance
there was, until his recent death. Dan
lei b. Cummins, for 95 years president
of the Girard National Bank. Then
there is B. b. COmegys, president of
the Philadelphia National Bank. broth
er OF the present Chief Justice of Del.
aware, aud writer and speaker of re-
pute upon financial questions; Jona-
than May, president of the Sixth Ma
tional Bank, who came here with his
father, Henry May, who founded the
well known shipping firm; William +.
Deakyne. Henry Tatnall, vice president
of the Girard Life and Trust Company:
Gordon MOnges, Robert Y. and Henry |
l.. Townsend, |. Layton Register, |
Eugene Il. Ellison, vice president of |
the Insurance Company of North |
America; Captain William 4. West. i
JOhn G. Johnson, Secretary of the
Stock Exchange; Andrew Gray, broth
er of United States Senator GRAY: Geo. |
o. Shakespeare, Q. l.. 5. Tingley, AL |
bert Short and James Lewis.
THEY HAVE BECOME WEALTHY.
The wealthiest Deawareans in the |
city are among those who have entered /
the merchautile and manufacturing |
fields, and there are many of them. !
A few are: Frank Dale La lame, !
Luther and Robert w. Martin, Il. |
Davis Carey and Theodore Carey,
Fredrick f. Davis, w. w. Davis,
Henry Hall, James Bateman, James
b. Candy. w. f. Emerson, Samuel b /
Brown, Oliver Landreth, Robert Por-
ter, whose father and grandfather were
publishers; Henry Charles Lea, Henry
Whitley, William II. Lacy, Henry
ManlOve and q. :. Taylor, Thomas
Mckean. Henderson B. West, Oscar
NJ. Wilson, Warren Harper, L. b.
Staggers. William V. Smith, Alyan
Taylor, William f. Waters, c. c. Heis-
ler F. p. Lynch, Charles Z. Wingate.
L c. Bryan, }. II. Buckingham, J. c.
COrbit, Jr. Joseph w. Cannon and ].
p. McColly, all of whom have met de-
cided success in the merchantile world.
WIN. W. SMITHERs.