Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-02-28

will the farm was divided into separate
tracts and decended to three of bis sons,
while the fourth son received for his
share tract of about 40 acres which had
been bought recently of James B. Ander-
son and was detached from the home
farm. OF the estate of Thomas Mason
one-half has passed out of the family.
One of the four parcels is now the prop
erty of DR.. L. L. Carlisle; the other
the property of William Lindale. This
property for late years has been consid-
erably hawked on the market; it has had
for owners P. T. Carlisle, Alexander
Mason, Trust Company, Charles B.
Witt and William Lindale.
The farm on the west side of the road
was one time part of the Lowery land,
and as long ago as 1910 it belonged to
Peter F. Causey, who at that time owned
about one thousand acres in this section.
Mr.. Causey in 1916 sold this tract to John
Short for $3.50. 1t then embraced the
farm of William E. MslOney and also
apart of the farm of Thomas A. Kirby
and contained about two hundred acres.
The first man to occupy this farm as a
tenant, in the recollection of the writer,
was James Salmons. Mr.. Salmons was a
very industrious man of quiet disposition
and very neighborly. He had family
of four children-three sons and daugh-
ter-Thomas, James, Robert, Henry,
Joseph and Sallie, all of whom grew up
honored and respected citizens. Thomas
James devoted his life work principally
to farming, so long as he was capable of
conducting that business, but for a num-
Der of years he has been sadly afflicted,
having entirely lost his eye-sight. Rob
ert H. learned the carpenters trade, un-
der the instruction of William G. Her
ing, became good mechanic but sickened
and died before he reached the zenith of
his usefulness. Joseph grew up on the
farm but later adopted railrosding as his
occupation.
Mr.. Short took possession of the farm
the first of 1s47 and Immediately began
to improve it. He occupied it for a few
years and by the liberal use of Peruvian
guano, raised large crops. About the
year 1858 he bought the adjoining farm
and moved to it. In the early sixties he
sold the first purchase to Charles War
rington occupied it for about four years
and sold it to Daniel Burr Of Cooperstown
N. Y. for $1,000. In a short time Mr..
Burr sold about eighty acres to William
E. and Russell B. Blore for $4,000. The
Blore brothers built on it and converted
it into fruit farm, but were not success
full in their venture. Mr.. Burr held the
part on the west side of the road upon
which the buildings we're situated, con-
tanning about one hundred and five acres
until his death, which occurred in 1879.
Daniel Burr was a man of marked |
ability. Possessing good education
and high moral character he was sgood
and a true friend ; he was a de-
voted husband and an indulgent parent.
His family consisted of a wife, two daugh-
.e1s and son, all of whom were respec-
ed and esteemed. His son Daniel Burr,
IT., went to the Pacific Slope and located
n Southern California. His younger
laughter married Homer Lewis, a worthy
,oung man formerly of Vermont, and
low residing in Lincoln, Delaware. Miss
Jrania, the elder daughter, also resides
n Lincoln.
A few years after the death of Mr. Burr
he farm was sold to Dr. g. W. Marshall,
Who held it about fifteen years. In 1899
t was bought by George H. Jester, the
,resent owner. Since his ownership he