Milford chronicle., 1908-06-26
Places and People of Milford Neck
From 1910 to 1908.

From 1910 to 1908.
In continuation of our brief sketch OF
the Potter Estate we would mention the
fact that Chancellor James L. Walcott
was the first to decide who were the
recipients of the fund derived from this
estate. He decreed that the proceeds
should be at the disposal of the trustees
of the poor, to dispense to those who by
an allowance of a small sum per month
could manage to live without becoming
an inmate of the Almshouse. Since his
DECISION this method of distribution has
been steadily followed and seems to give
very general satisfaction. After the
death of Mr. Harrington, in 1900, Hon.
John w. Causey was appointed his sue
cessor by Chancellor John R. Nicholson.
Mr.. Causev takes a deep interest in the
property, and under his supervision it
has been still further improved. These
are splendid farms and well deserve the
care and attention Mr.. Causey bestows
upon them. The particular farm which
we are now describing is in tenure OF
Charles Parker Taylor, an up-to-date far
mer and a hustler. Though not to the
manor born" he is in nearly every es-
sential typical Delawarean. He is in
dustrious, persevering and economical al
most to fault. He has reared a family
of six children, all Of whom reflect great
credit upon their parents. Two OF his
are teachers in the Pubic
His only son, Charles Edwin, Is
a young man of excellent traits of charac-
ter sober, industrious and persevering, !
and will undoubtedly fill the role of val
liable citizenship. Mr.. Taylor deserves
much credit for the manner in which he
has succeeded in life. For quarter OF a
century Mr.. Taylor has lived on land of
he Potter Estate during which time he
las worked hard and accumulated COM
3etency.
On the south side of the road leading
rom the State road to the old Baptist
Church, is tract of land now DIVIDED
nto two farms and containing about 20
lcres which formerly belonged to Moul-
en- Chopper, maternal grandfather OF
Jol. Theodore Townsend. Mr.. Chopper
lied in the last of the forties and the land
vas sold to close his estate, and was
Fought by Eli F. Hammond about lS4S.
dr. Hammond had a family of eight
hildren-fve sons and three daughters
three of whom are now living. They
re John w. Hammond, James II. Ham
nond, and MIS-. Thomas Virden.
At the time of Mr.. Hammond's pur-
base the land was not very productive,
nut by the use of guano, which was well
dapted to the restoration of worn out
and, he made good crops and realized
mug profits in growing grain. The use
f Peruvian guano wrought a complete
evolution in the farming industry of this
ection. Farms that had previously
,rown from one to two hundred bushels ,
# wheat were now made to yield six or
light hundred bushels and prices were
'ery remunerative. In the decade Of the
ifties the ruling price Of wheat ranged
rom $l.25 to $3.50 per bushel, and later
turing the war it reached the enormous
,rice of $3.O5 per bushel. Men with
wheat producing land like Mr.. Hammond
coined money during this per-
cd. A few years after Mr.. Hammond
fought the property he divided it into
wo farms of about a hundred and thirty
i've acres each. After his death the
property was sold for the distribution Of
lis estate One Of these now belongs to
'harles Davis; the other to George II. 9
)avis, his brother. These farms are To-
ated in an agricultural community that
inferior to none in Kent county. The
wners are energetic men and practical !
.rmers and under their care these farms i
re destined to reach a high state Of fer q
lily.
Adjoining these farms and to the east
them, is another, now the properly Of
gorge H. Davis. It one time belonged 5
, Charles 7, Fleming and was known as
le New Design tract. Since it has been T
le property of Mr. Davis he has erected q
ew buildings upon it and cleared up the
nd so that he not only has pleasant I
ONE but profitable farm also. In the
svelopement Of this place, in the few v