New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

history There was tire, strange as it
may now seem, when the Alleghcnics
were as dangerous a jungle of the un-
explored as are parts Of interior India
to-day. Joshua Dickerson was the first
man to scale them.
He and Obadiah Holmes, the first
son, of Monmouth County, n j.. were
caught in the tide of Western emi-
grafton which succeeded the French
birthplace. followed it south from
Philadelphia. Dickerson settling ON the
Maryland side and Holmes on the Nir-
ginia side of the Potomac. The two
families We're long closely allied, both
by proximity and marriage. Joshua,
after Nenturing about the Alleghenies,
finally. tiring of hairbreadth escapes.
settled with his wife (nee Susannah
Whittenl and fourteen children in what
is now Fayette County, on Dickcrson
Run, Pennsylvania.
Went to Ohio in 1900
EARLY in 1900 his grandson, Thomas
having espoused the young faith of
Methodism in America, left Fayette
County and went to Ohio to join an
early settlement of Methodists. There
he cleared land and built cabin. He
ncighbor.ng peoplc in religion. The
first Methodf%t Church Of the district
was named 'Diclcrso on
In the name Of Thomas Dickcrson,'
says the Old Northwest Genealogical
Quarterly, in the very air we breathe.
in this presence, in the knowledge OF
the elders and IN the traditions among
the younEcy generations, here are the
pulsations of the mans religious zeal
and influence and of the character and
standing as = citizen and civil official
lie lived long and honored at Cadiz and
st. Gainesville
And then.faway back in 1868, Jan
Jansen Nerkerken Cor Nan KiIk), the
ancestor Of Harding's maternal grand
mother left his house and lands in
Buurmclzen, near Buren. in Guilder-
land, Holland, and, with his good
wife, MayAe, and five eyed chill
d1en, set sail on the ship Roselec
for the New World. lie settled in Kings
County, Long Island, n. Y, and two of
his sons, Aert Jensen and Barent JAM,
acquired wives and journeyed into the
Wilderness of Pennsylvania 1t is from
Barent JAM Verkerken and his wife
(Rachcl Van De Critic. that Charity
Van KIRK, maternal grandmother Of
Warren G. Harding, is. the descendant.
Democrat Reviews History
cone of the most distingui shed citi-
zens of Marion, j. f. Prendergast, head
q the PrenGergast Company, and life
long Democrat, made detailed study,
of the above record Here is the result
OF the thorough investigations:
Marion. Ohio. Oct. 30, 1920.
MIR. e. G. Burkham, Publisher of The
Dayton Journal, Dayton. Ohio
Ny Dear Mr. Burkham: | have
known Warren g. aHrding for thirty
eight years, or ever since he came to
Marion. | have known him intimately
and have known his father and mother
and the entire Harding family, for all
OF waom have the greatest admiration
and respect.
"Because of my great friendship
and admiration for the Harding family
have made a study of the genealogy
OF the Harding family, going back to
1924. when the forefathers of the pres
eNt Warren O. Harding were located in
England.
"This eencalogy reveals that the
ancestors of Warren c. Harding were
Of English, Irish, Scotch and Holland
Dutch blood.
=" 'The history of the Harding family
dlscloses that it is one of the most re-
mark&ble family histories in the
United States, and the present mem
bers of the family have every reason
to be proud of their ancestry, an an
cestry one family of which alone gave
seven sons to the Revolutionary War.
Any insinuation, any statement or
any charge that Warren G- Harding
has tainted blood of any kind is a
VICIOUS and contemplate lie
q" 1 am making this statement in the
interests Of justice and truth
j. +. PRENDERGAST.
Falsehood Absolutely Refuted
Mr.. Prondergast's evidence alone re-
flutes absolutely and completely the
vile falsehoods to which Warren G.
Harding and his family ha-e been sub
jected.
I'VE will now mail the lie again with
lhe statement Of another DISTINGUISHED
citizen Of Marion and a Democrat d.
K. Crissinger, head of the law firm of
Crsslngcr, Guthrie e. Streitz. one of
the most able and honored law firms in
the State of Ohio. Here it s-read it:
nave been personal friend of
senator Harding for over fifty wears
! knew his mother; know his father:
know his aunts and his grandmother
Mr. 1iard.-1.r has in his veins Il rich
mixture of Scotch, Irish. Enelish and
Dutch blood, and his genealogical his
tory takes him back prior to The Revo-
lutionary War. His ancestors have had
a notable and distinguished record
from before Revolutionary times down
to date, and if Senator Harding is
elected President, as he surely will be-
he viii enter the White House with q
lineage dating further back into the
Colonial history of our own country
than any of our Presidents.
There never has been such cruel
outrageous, contemplate and malicious
pouitical lie put out by any party in
the history of the country as this, and
1t Is done for the express purpose of
lnhuenclng voters to vote against Sen
ator Harding
We now take up Professor William
+. Chancellor, whose name has been
used in all the circulars spread broad
cast over the country in this con-
temptible assault upon SeHator Hard
ng's family name
Chancellor Denies Story
We present the evidence of his
denial and reputation, fist by his
own letter; second by his own spoken
word, and third. by sworn affidavit
mere is the reply Sherwood p.
snyder, of 705 West Third Street, Day
Ton, ONO, received in response to a
letter Of inquiry addressed to Pro-
fessor Chancellor:
Ivy Wooster, Ohio, Oct. %, 1920
Dear Sir: l know nothing of the
question you ask and think what you
nave heard is quite false.