Milford chronicle., 1907-12-20
Places and People Of Milford Neck From
IS4O TO 1917.

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Roads is now owned by Mrs. Kate Sawyer u u
Of Camden, n. J., and occupied oy her
sister Mrs. Mary Powell, and her mother II
Mrs Elizabeth Jester Mrs. Jester is the
mother of twelve children, is ninety years =
of age has her mental faculties unim'
haired and her eyesigl is sufficient to do
needework without glasses. She mas a
large fnnd of incidents and episodes oil
bvgone days worthy the attention oil local
historians This property as long ago as
the forties belonged to a coloreo nlan
named Jordan Tindel. The tract then
contained tbirty-four acres. Tindel trleu
long and hard to sell it for the sum oi one
hundred dollars but failed to find a pu'-
chaser. About the year 1856 it was sold
70 Mason D. Webb and Joshua Whey
who divided it into two parts, each build
inc a house upon his half. Mr. Wiley
diving in a few years it was held by his
widow until her sons reached their ma
ioritv. when it was sold to Reuben Cot
torili whose widow now holds 1t. Mr..
Webb also dying in few years his nan
was sold to Col. c. S. Watson who nnauy
sold it to Mrs. Sawyer.
The next farm is the property oil MarA
| n. and James Wiley and contains aOoul
one hundred and twenty-six acres II
r tornoerlv belonged to Winlock Hall wi o
| died in 1s4I. By virtue of bis will 1t was
left to his son, Draper Hall, during DIS
lifetime, after which it descended to John
/ A. Hall, his grandeon, who was then
f child After John A. Hall arrived at age
, in 1857. he arranged with his father to get
possession of the farm before his father e
death. Including this farm John A. Hall
5 had inherited about ten thousand dollars
2 in real estate and money. But lacking
E habits of industry and SC bTi0tv, and haV-
= inc little or no business training h7 scat
tered his fortune with a ruthless hanu'
In less than fifteen years he had so con-
( ducted his business that he was ready TO
e retire for lack of funds to continue. lie
e sold the remainder of his belongings IN
q 1s47 and went TO Missouri where he dleu
a few wears later. The farm fell into the
hands of John W. Stutzer OF Milford II
vas finally sold from him and bought by
lanes Holland, grandfather of the present
owners. By this time the title had become
40 twisted and tangled that it required all
Is the legal acumen of the late Chancellor
l. la,nes L. Wolcott to unravel the kinks
" lanes Holland was man with traits oi
n character strikingly peculiar his dlsposi
t;on WAS gentle and lamb like except
. when aroused by insult or injury. lie at
tended strictly to his own business ano
to never meddled with the business OF others
ne He and his brother Mark lived togetheI
=, for lifetime and we're never known t.
disagree. Two spinster sisters were hi
y housekeepers. His older sister, Harriet
40 was married to James Dennis and was
RS model of industry and economy. Dennis
IS. however. possessed no such redeemln
h. trait. Individually he seemed to regar
labor as the objectionable sin and as pei
IN sistentlv strove to shun it as if his soul
salvation had depended on such course
ge however; he was a good auctioneer an
az, earned some money in that vocation. 1
nolitics he was an old line Wing OF til
:, Henry Clay type and an enthusiastic pol
he ticiap he could discuss national affairs
ery the people of Milford Neck as earnestly
l not as intelligently, as Clay could IN Il
;+v Congress of the United States. He wi
several times elected as inspector OF vot
at the general election, but utterly tail'
to reach the exalted height of his ami
mn tion. which was to be Coroner OF ke
Dur countv. Mr.. Dennis was an invetera
md talker, a great wit and man OF conside
-. able intelligence. He moved to Dover
80 the early fifties and died there few yea
ere later. His only son, John Dennis, gr'
ND a sober industrious young man al
oo8 became successful farmer
the The farm on the opposite side OF
road now the property of COL Robert
Williams was for long time the home
ana George Black who lived there many yea
ms, Mr.. Black came from the Emerald Isle
lQe this country WHeu gOuHs Aii''' ~
,eer and settled in Milford Neck. When
writer first knew him he had lost his f
wife. his housekeeper being his old
I'D daughter, Mary Ann. He had three OF
l IN daughters-C Catherine, Sallie and Jan
port all nearly grown. He also had one sol
ders John-still youth. Mary Ann marie
Mr. Lee of Philadelphia, Catherine n
my ried a Mr.. Walker also of that city, Sa
nd a married Edward Mills, Jane died unn
ried. John went to Philadelphia and
Gated there. Toward the sunset OF
Mr.. Black married Mary Hudson, dau
ter of the late Benjamin Hudson, and
END. gan to rear another family OF chii9l
Bv his last wife he had two childl